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  By Aldo Svaldi This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. A wet year may have provided a mental reprieve, but Colorado continues to have more homes at risk from wildfires than any state besides California, according to the Wildfire Risk Report from CoreLogic. And within Colorado, metro Denver and Colorado Sp...
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Posted by on in Lakes/Rivers/Wetlands
Biggest reservoirs at just 36% capacity; negotiators race toward long-term fix   By Elise Schmelzer This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Federal officials on Tuesday temporarily eased Colorado River water use restrictions due to a “lucky” year of increased precipitation, but drought and overuse remain a...
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Posted by on in Green Products/Services
Back to school time does not have to mean more plastic. Below are our top 5 tips for starting the school year with as little plastic and waste as possible, Beyond Plastics    1. Invest in Reusable Foodware For Plastic-Free, Zero-Waste Snacks and Lunches   Plastic sandwich bags, pa...
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By Christopher Flavelle and Manuela Andreoni The New York Times The fires in Hawaii would be shocking anywhere — killing at least 89 people, in one of the deadliest wildfires in the United States in modern history. But the devastation is especially striking because of where it happened: in a state...
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Posted by on in Earth Violators
Suncor Energy’s pollution permits in Colorado for both air and water are outdated and out of touch with modern expectations for environmental protection. For unknown or perhaps inexplicable reasons, updating the expired permits for the Commerce City refinery has been elusive for the Colorado Depart...
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Posted by on in Transportation
By Mark Walker The New York Times WASHINGTON>> After a freight train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, in February, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg secured what seemed like a significant victory. After years of resistance, the nation’s largest freight railroa...
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Posted by on in Wildlife Conservation
             By Elise Schmelzer This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Colorado wildlife officials have a 261-page wolf management plan, a voter-mandated Dec. 31 deadline to bring the canine to the state and an area designated for their release. But they don’t have any wo...
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Tagged in: saving wildlife Wildlife conservation wolves, endangered, species act,
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Posted by on in Solar
             By Olivia Doak Daily Camera An electric motorcycle with a 100-mile range, four-pane glass windows and a remote-controlled water recirculation pump are just a few of the latest energy- efficient technologies that were on display at the University of ...
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By Anita Snow and Kendria Lafleur The Associated Press PHOENIX>> Postal worker Eugene Gates Jr. was delivering mail in the suffocating Dallas heat this summer when he collapsed in a homeowner’s yard and was taken to a hospital, where he died. Carla Gates said she’s sure heat was a factor in...
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Posted by on in Environmental Heroes
The Maui Strong Fund is providing financial resources that can be deployed quickly, with a focus on rapid response and recovery for the devastating wildfires on Maui. HCF will not be collecting a fee for donations to the Maui Strong Fund; 100 percent of the funds will be distributed for community n...
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Posted by on in Fossil Fuels
           UTAH OIL TRAIN Proposal chugs along amid environmental concerns By Sam Metz The Associated Press DUCHESNE, Utah>> On plateaus overlooking the Uinta Basin’s hills of sandstone and sagebrush, pumpjacks bob their heads as they lift viscous black and ...
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Posted by on in Wildlife Conservation
              By Fabiola Sánchez The Associated Press MEXICO CITY>> Gently holding a baby hummingbird between her hands, Catia Lattouf says, “Hello, cute little guy. Are you very hungry?” It’s the newest patient at her apartment in a toney section of Mex...
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Posted by on in Agriculture
  By Mitch Smith The New York Times SYRACUSE, Kan.>> This single field, just 160 acres of Kansas dirt, tells the story of a torturous wheat season. One side is a drought-scorched graveyard for grain that never made it to harvest. Near the center, combines plod through chest-high weed...
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By Coral Davenport The New York Times As much of the United States swelters under record heat, Amazon drivers and warehouse workers have gone on strike in part to protest working conditions that can exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit. On triple-digit days in Orlando, Fla., utility crews are postponing...
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Posted by on in Environmental Heroes
By Chris Megerian and Terry Tang The Associated Press GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz.>> Declaring it good “not only for Arizona but for the planet,” President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a national monument designation for the greater Grand Canyon, turning the decades-long visions of Nativ...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
Now that last month’s sizzling numbers are all in, the European climate monitoring organization made it official: July 2023 was Earth’s hottest month on record by a wide margin. July’s global average temperature of 16.95 degrees Celsius (62.51 degrees Fahrenheit) was a third of a degree Celsius (si...
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Posted by on in Water Conservation
By Michael Roberts and Andres Jimenez Guest Commentary The Supreme Court’s recent 5-4 decision in Arizona vs. Navajo Nation continues a legacy of restricted water access for Indigenous peoples and limits their access to abundant drinking water, clean drinking water, and adequately treated resident...
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Posted by on in Wildlife Conservation
Federal listing decision looms as snowy habitat shrinks By Elise Schmelzer This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The mountain devil can cross hundreds of miles of rough alpine terrain, tear into an elk carcass frozen for weeks and fend off predators several times larger than its 40-pound frame. And the elus...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
               By Lisa Friedman The New York Times During a summer of scorching heat that has broken records and forced Americans to confront the reality of climate change, conservatives are laying the groundwork for a 2024 Republican administration that...
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Posted by on in Fossil Fuels
By Stanley Reed The New York Times HAIFA, Israel>> Six miles off the coast of Israel, beyond the brightly colored sails of wind surfers, an ungainly steel structure looms above the blue Mediterranean. This 200-foot-tall stack of living quarters, tanks and pipes regulates and processes a tor...
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