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Hidden hazard: Boulder’s million-ton coal ash problem has no local watchdog

by Tyler Hickman, Gabe Allen, Alyssa Crume, Devin Farmiloe, Por Jaijongkit and Audrey Wheeler December 11, 2023April 22, 2024

Months of reporting into Xcel Energy’s Valmont coal ash site reveals groundwater contamination with scant oversight from Boulder area officials.

5 takeaways from Boulder Reporting Lab’s collaborative investigation into coal ash at the Valmont power plant

by BRL Staff December 11, 2023April 22, 2024

No return: The unseen toll of the Marshall Fire’s ‘standing home’ survivors

by Anthony Albidrez, Ali Branscombe, Amber Carlson, Josh Couture, Helen Driesen, Elise Ertl and Zain Iqbal December 6, 2022December 26, 2022

Why the Marshall Fire was bad for the health and safety of standing homes

by Ali Branscombe and Anthony Albidrez December 6, 2022December 6, 2022

Hit by smoke but not flames: Why we wrote about the Marshall Fire standing home survivors

by Robyn Vincent and Hillary Rosner December 6, 2022December 16, 2022