Michael Booth, The Colorado Sun
Environment WriterMichael Booth is The Sun’s environment writer, and co-author of The Sun’s weekly climate and health newsletter The Temperature. He and John Ingold host the weekly SunUp podcast on The Temperature topics every Thursday.
He is co-author with Jennifer Brown of the Colorado Book Award-winning food safety investigation “Eating Dangerously.” Booth was part of teams that won two Pulitzer Prizes for breaking news. He also writes frequently about inexplicable obsessions that include tamarisk, black-footed ferrets and tire fires. Booth also serves as the underpaid driver for four children, and plans to eventually hike every inch of Colorado.
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Consumer companies will run program sending grants to local communities for major expansion. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Michael Booth and read the entire article at the link below. -
What about propane for rural folks? Do we have to give up gas furnaces and stoves? Who will pay? Will electric bills go way up? Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. get the answers to those questions with Colorado Sun reporter Michael Booth and then read the entire article at the link below. -
After a fall survey of past black-footed ferret releases found zero alive, biologists call in aerial support to find what is killing them. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Michael Booth and then read the entire article at the link below. -
Colorado and other states are seeing massive data center growth, and big buyers may squeeze out consumers. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter David Krause and then read the entire article at the link below. -
This week a trial was scheduled to begin to determine if Xcel Energy was at fault for igniting the Marshal Fire. But Wednesday, the energy company agreed to terms to settle the more than 4,000 homeowners, businesses and insurers. The Colorado Sun's Michael Booth discusses the settlement with KUNC's Desmond O'Boyle. -
Congress has likely killed Colorado’s EV mandate and clean energy programs, environmental groups sayProgressive advocates are shocked at the scale of rollbacks of years of effort to electrify and scrub emissions; GOP cheers end to subsidies. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Michael Booth and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below. -
The Regional Air Quality Council is offering grants to take the gasoline and propane out of mobile food prep as part of Colorado’s ozone and climate change fight. Listen to Morning Edition host Michael Lyle, Jr, discuss this story with Colorado Sun Team Editor Lance Benzel and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below. -
Here’s a scorecard of the wins and losses for threatened species in the West. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Michael Booth and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below. -
Denver Water responds that halting the $531 million project would threaten dam safety, and the challenged permit should stay in effect. Listen to Morning Edition host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with The Colorado Sun editor Lance Benzel and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below. -
Some customers are stuck without checks, but dealers are happy about the boost in electric vehicle sales. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with The Colorado Sun reporter Michael Booth and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below.
