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Dec. 22, 2025: Denver’s missed climate goals, snowmaking in a dry winter, students learn ‘empathy engineering’


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Denver will end this year well short of where it needs to be to meet an ambitious goal of going carbon-neutral by 2040. We look at why the city is so far behind, and we ask the mayor if Denver can get back on track. Then, at Colorado ski resorts, Mother Nature is getting lots of help from snow-makers this year. Is this the future of skiing? Plus, a visit to a high school shop class where students are tackling real world problems. 

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 Read more on the stories in today’s show: 

  • CPR’s Sam Brasch on how Denver’s mayor says the city can get back on track to its climate goals.
  • CPR’s Molly Cruse on snowmaking at Keystone.
  • CPR’s Jenny Brundin writes about an “empathy engineering” class.
  • This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Bazi Kanani. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf, Corey Jones and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.

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