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By Matthew BrownThe Associated Press
BILLINGS, MONT.» A U.S. government watchdog agency faulted the Trump administration Tuesday for its handling of a COVID-19 relief effort that awarded companies breaks on payments for oil and gas extracted ...
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RULING ON ACTING FEDERAL AGENCY CHIEFBy Judith Kohler
The Denver Post
Sixty environmental organizations say decisions about management of public lands in Colorado and across the West should be set aside after a federal judge ruled that William Per...
Shared from the 10/4/2020 The Denver Post eEdition By Robert H. Frank
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The United States has been stalled in its approach to climate change, and with attention so heavily focused on the coronavirus pandemic, this may seem an inauspicious moment for action.
But the shoc...
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When rare rains come, seasonal pools host milky white creatures By Sabrina Imbler © The New York Times Co.
In springtime, when the rain gathers into pools in the Dasht-e Lut, a desert in Iran, the sand comes alive.
Tiny, desiccated eggs, buried ...
After decades of delays, sea walls to defend Venice from high water went up Saturday. The tide reached 4 feet and water in the lagoon remained stready. If the walls had not been raised St Mark's Square would have been flooded about a foot and half.
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“IT BOGGLES THE MIND” By Jocelyn Gecker The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO»
In a year that has already brought apocalyptic skies and smothering smoke to the West Coast, California set a grim new record Sunday when officials announced that the wil...
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CARLSBAD, N.M.» Leading oil companies in the Permian Basin are working with a Colorado-based nonprofit environmental organization to better track emissions from the industry as it tries to curb pollution.
Shell Energy,...
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ALBUQUERQUE By Susan Montoya Bryan The Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE»Federal managers are warning that if hot and dry conditions persist, it’s possible that the stretch of the Rio Grande flowing through Albuquerque could dry up this fall....
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Ex-CEO seeks lung benefit By The Associated Press
CHARLESTON, W.VA.» Former coal CEO Robert E. Murray, who has fought federal regulations on the industry, has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Labor for b...
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NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED By Matthew Brown and Steve KarnowskiThe Associated Press
BILLINGS, MONT.» The Trump administration is seeking to fast-track mining projects and could offer grants and loans to help companies pay for equipment, a...
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PARIS» France’s environment minister revealed a gradual ban on using wild animals in traveling circuses, on keeping dolphins and killer whales in captivity in marine parks and on raising mink on fur farms.
Barbara Pompili, France’s minister of e...
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By Bradley Handler, Matt Henry and Morgan BazilianThe Conversation
These are very challenging times for U.S. fossil fuel-producing states, such as Wyoming, Alaska and North Dakota. The COVID-19 economic downturn has reduced energy demand, ...
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WILDFIRES By Christopher Flavelle © The New York Times Co.
California is one of America’s marvels. By moving vast quantities of water and suppressing wildfires for decades, the state has transformed its arid and mountainous landscape int...
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By Lisa Friedman
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WASHINGTON» The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to overhaul the way communities test their water for lead, a policy change that will be pitched before Election Day as a major e...
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By Cara Anna
The Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG» In a year of cataclysm, some world leaders at the annual United Nations meeting are taking the long view, warning: If COVID-19 doesn’t kill us, climate change will.
With Siberia seeing its warmest t...
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By Sam Tabachnik
The Denver Post
As wildfires roared from California to Colorado and a historic cold snap rushed through the Rocky Mountain region this month, a strange thing started happening: Huge numbers of migratory birds began dropping dead.
...
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DEREGULATION CHALLENGES By Lisa Friedman and John Schwartz
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DEREGULATION CHALLENGES By Lisa Friedman and John Schwart© The New York Times Co.
WA...
Shared from the 9/24/2020 The Denver Post eEditionBy Brad Plumer and Jill Cowan
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California plans to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars statewide by 2035, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday, in a sweeping move aimed at accelerating the state’s efforts to combat...
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UNITED NATIONS»Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country will aim to stop adding to the global warming problem by 2060.Xi’s announcement during a speech Tuesday to the U.N. General Assembly is a significant step for the world’s biggest emitter ...
shared from the 9/20/2020 The Denver Post eEdition By Joseph PisaniThe Associated Press
Lego said Tuesday that it will stop using plastic bags inside its boxed sets and replace them with paper ones.
The Danish toymaker said it will start making the switch next year and expects plastic bags to...
