By The Associated Press
PLACERVILLE, CALIF. » A wildfire burning for a week in Northern California continued to grow out of control, one of about a dozen big blazes in the droughtstricken state that have destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of people to evacuate.
There was ze...
By Matthew Brown
The Associated Press
BILLINGS, MONT. » U.S. officials launched a review Thursday of climate damage and other impacts from coal mining on public lands as the Biden administration expands its scrutiny of government fossil fuel sales that contribute to greenhouse gas ...
By Coral Davenport
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WASHINGTON » The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is banning a common pesticide, widely used since 1965 on fruits and vegetables, from use on food crops because it has been linked to neurological damage in childr...
By Paul Krugman
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Global warming is fake news. Anyway, it isn’t man-made. And doing anything about it would destroy the economy.
Opponents of action against climate change have always relied on multiple lines of defense: If one argument for doing nothing bec...
By Terence Chea
The Associated Press
FIREBAUGH, CALIF. » As temperatures recently reached triple digits, farmer Joe Del Bosque inspected the almonds in his parched orchard in California’s agriculture-rich San Joaquin Valley, where a deepening drought threatens one of the state’s most profitable cr...
Kauffman allegedly failed to report spills
By Judith Kohler
The Denver Post
In a preliminary decision, state regulators have determined that K.P. Kauffman Co. violated several oil and gas rules, a finding that brings with it roughly $1.2 million in recommended penalties.
The penalty amount could...
By Terence Chea, Ethan Swope and John Antczak The Associated Press
GRIZZLY FLATS, CALIF. »
A wildfire raged through a small Northern California forest town Tuesday, burning dozens of homes as dangerously dry and windy weather also continued to fuel other massive blazes and prompted the nation’s la...
This book offers so much information on the deep ocean, life in it and threats that imperil it. Every chapter had information
new to me a long time student and lover of the ocean.
By Jennifer O’Mahony
The Associated Press
MADRID » Spain set a new provisional heat record of 116.96 Fahrenheit on Saturday as Southern Europe sweltered under a relentless summer sun. Italy put 16 cities on red alert for health risks, and Portugal warned 75% of its region...
Aspen wants to create a revolution with solar bicycles
By Sarah Kuta
Special to The Denver Post
Aspen’s abundant sunshine is part of what makes this Colorado mountain town so appealing to skiers, foodies, mountain bikers, hikers, music lovers and other visitors. Now, that same sunshine is helping...
A 191-mile rail corridor between Pueblo and Fort Collins is still an idea, but a Midwestern rail line shows what it could become
By Jon Murray The Denver Post CHICAGO » When Lily Trienens boarded a train in downtown Milwaukee that would take her more than 70 mile...
A new IPCC science assessment, coming before COP26 in November, called for immediate action and showed that this summer’s extremes are only a mild preview of the decades ahead.

By Bob Berwyn
August 9, 2021
Amidst a summer of fires, floods and heat waves, scientists on Monday de...
By Annie Mehl
Daily Camera
BOULDER » A coalition soon will release its new e-scooter pilot program in East Boulder with hopes of reducing vehicular travel through shared rides.
The program is part of a collaboration between Boulder, Lime, BCycle, the University of Colorado, Boulder Coun...
By Suman Naishadham
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON » U.S. officials on Monday declared the first-ever water shortage from a river that serves 40 million people in the West, triggering cuts to some Arizona farmers next year amid a gripping drought.
Water levels at the largest re...
Texas company launches site in Broomfield to teach workers
By Judith Kohler The Denver Post
The demand for wind-energy workers is expected to surge in the next few years, and Colorado could be a major training ground for an industry looking to meet the need.
Workrise, a workforce manageme...
Drought, changing climate, high demand force government to act
By Felicia Fonseca
The Associated Press
CASA GRANDE, ARIZ. » A harvester rumbles through the fields in the morning light, mowing down rows of corn and chopping up ears, husks and stalks into mulch for feed at a local dairy.
T...
By Bruce Finley
The Denver Post
One of Colorado health officials’ recommendations for enduring the noxious air pollution that’s enveloped residents this summer, included on the state’s air quality website until Wednesday evening, was to “try to move to a place with cleaner air.”
T...
By Suman Naishadham
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON » Included in the sweeping $1 trillion infrastructure bill approved by the Senate is funding for Western water projects that farmers, water providers and environmentalists say are badly needed across the parched region.
The Senate voted last wee...
By Concepción de León
© The New York Times Co.
Part of what Katherine Lee loves about Moscow, Idaho, where she lives, are the trails 10 minutes away. She visits with family or friends several days a week to hike or mountain bike, or to have walking meetings with colleagues....
State regulators wrestle with EPA haze-reduction rule
By Bruce Finley
The Denver Post
Coloradans long have escaped smoggy Front Range cities by bolting to national parks and mountain wilderness — such as the Maroon Bells or the Great Sand Dunes — where, traditionally, the air and views we...
