By Michael Phillis
The Associated Press
The Biden administration on Wednesday finalized strict limits on certain so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking water that will require utilities to reduce them to the lowest level they reliably can be measured. Officials say this will reduce exposure for...
NEW RULE IMPACTS 218 FACILITIES
By Matthew Daly
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON>> More than 200 chemical plants nationwide will be required to reduce toxic emissions that are likely to cause cancer under a new rule issued Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The rule advances Pre...
By Judson Jones
The New York Times
A key area of the Atlantic Ocean where hurricanes form is abnormally warm, much warmer than an ideal swimming pool temperature of about 80 degrees and on the cusp of feeling more like warm bathtub water.
These conditions were described by Benjamin Kirtman, a pro...
  
THOMPSON DIVIDE
By Elise Schmelzer
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More than a decade of advocacy by a broad coalition of Colorado conservationists, ranchers, local governments and recreationists paid off Wednesday when federal officials banned new oil a...
AVERAGE SNOWPACK
By Elise Schmelzer
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It was an average year for Colorado’s snowpack — and that’s great news.
The statewide snowpack sat at 109% of the 30-year median on Wednesday, just a few days shy of the normal peak of snowpack for the state. Every major river basin i...
  
ENVIRONMENT

By Christopher Flavelle
The New York Times
ALAMEDA, Calif.>> A little before 9 a.m. Tuesday, an engineer named Matthew Gallelli crouched on the deck of a decommissioned aircraft carrier in San Francisco Bay, pulled on a pair of ear pro...
By Farai Mutsaka and Gerald Imray
The Associated Press
MANGWE, Zimbabwe>> Delicately and with intense concentration, Zanyiwe Ncube poured her small share of precious golden cooking oil into a plastic bottle at a food aid distribution site deep in rural Zimbabwe.
“I don’t want to los...
By Olivia Doak
Daily Camera
A team from the University of Colorado Boulder won recognition from The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on Thursday for their research in the Arctic and collaboration with its Indigenous people.
Amid rapid climate and social changes,...
By David Gelles
The New York Times
REYKJAVIK, Iceland>> On a wind-swept Icelandic plateau, an international team of engineers and executives is powering up an innovative machine designed to alter the very composition of Earth’s atmosphere.
If all goes as planned, the enormous vacuum will so...
By Francis Kokutse and Jessica Donati
The Associated Press
ACCRA, Ghana>> Shoppers may get a bitter surprise in their Easter baskets this year. Chocolate eggs and bunnies are more expensive than ever as changing climate patterns eat into global cocoa supplies and the earnings of farm...
  
By Alexa St. John, Matthew Daly and Joshua A. Bickel
The Associated Press
LONDON, Ohio>> Within 24 hours of buying his red Ford Mustang Mach-E, Liam Sawyer set off on a camping trip.
Sawyer, who bought the electric SUV “because I think the technology...
By Matthew Brown
The Associated Press
BILLINGS, Mont.>> The Biden administration on Thursday restored rules to protect imperiled plants and animals that had been rolled back under former President Donald Trump.
Among the changes, the U.S. Fish and Wildli...
By Matthew Daly
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON>> The Biden administration issued a final rule Wednesday aimed at curbing methane leaks from oil and gas drilling on federal and tribal lands, its latest action to crack down on emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes sig...
By Elise Schmelzer
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A bat infected with a fungus that has killed millions of bats across the country was found in Longmont last month.
Testing this month confirmed the little brown bat was infected with white-nose syndrome — a deadly fungus that could devastate Co...
TRANSPORTATION
People alone the Seine at lunchtime in Paris on March 11. The Seine is becoming a test case for a European plan to cut carbon emissions by turning rivers into new highways. JAMES HILL — THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Liz Alderman
The New York Times
PARIS>> As pale morning light flick...
By Brad Plumer
The New York Times
WASHINGTON>> The Biden administration plans to spend up to $6 billion on new technologies to cut carbon dioxide emissions from heavy industries such as steel, cement, chemicals and aluminum, which are all enormous contributors to global warming but w...
CLIMATE POLICY By Patricia Cohen
The New York Times
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia>> The European Union’s upcoming ban on imports linked to deforestation has been hailed as a “gold standard” in climate policy: a meaningful step to protect the world’s forests, which help remove planet-killing gr...
By Jack Graham | Climate change and nature correspondent, UK
Living with water
In the city of Wilmington, on the U.S. East Coast, there floats a famous World War II battleship called the USS North Carolina.
The major tourist attraction is having some trouble with its parking lot, which is...
VACCINATION HESITANCY AND EXEMPTIONS
By Abraar Karan and Julie Parsonnet
Los Angeles Times
The measles virus is resurging in the U.S. despite the long-standing availability of a vaccine that provides nearly life-long immunity. In the past few weeks, hundreds of people were exposed to a child with...
Your front lawn can stay, but many property owners will have to change practices
By Elise Schmelzer
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Swaths of Kentucky bluegrass will become a less common sight across Colorado after lawmakers passed a bill to ban new nonfunctional turf in hopes of conserving wat...
