By Henry Fountain
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Adélie penguins have had a rough time of it on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, where warming linked to climate change has occurred faster than almost anywhere else on the planet. That and other factors have led to sharp declines in Ad...
Reclassification as a “severe” violator would mean higher gas prices, more emissions permits
By Noelle Phillips
The Denver Post
After years of failing to improve air quality, the Denver region is on the verge of receiving another downgrade by the Environmental Protection Agency that would...
Federal officials weigh emergency actions to reduce flow into Colorado River
By Felicia Fonseca
The Associated Press
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. » Federal officials say it may be necessary to reduce water deliveries to users on the Colorado River to prevent the shutdown of a huge dam that supplies h...
By Tammy Webber
The Associated Press
Minority neighborhoods where residents were long denied home loans have twice as many oil and gas wells as mostly white neighborhoods, according to a new study that suggests ongoing health risks in vulnerable communities are at least partly tied to hist...
By Jennifer McDermott
The Associated Press
One million gallons of radioactive water is inside a former nuclear power plant along Cape Cod Bay, and it has got to go.
But where, is the vexing question, and will the state intervene as the company dismantling the plant decides?
Holtec International ...
By Richard Rood
The Conversation
Global warming doesn’t stop on a dime. If people everywhere stopped burning fossil fuels tomorrow, stored heat would still continue to warm the atmosphere.
Picture how a radiator heats a home. Water is heated by a boiler, and the hot water circulates through pipes...
By Sarah Jensen
Guest Commentary
If we are going to achieve net-zero by 2050 and mitigate the worst effects of climate change, we need to be open to any and all solutions. We do not have the luxury to rule out technologies simply because they do not “feel good.”
Across the nation, governm...
By The Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE » It will be illegal to use wildlife traps, snares and poison on public lands across New Mexico under a ban that took effect Friday.
New Mexico is joining a handful of Western states that have limited trapping on public lands, with supporters say...
By Sue McMillin Columnist for The Denver Post
Climate change and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is now rapidly driving energy policy — and finally, investment in renewable energy sources. ¶ According to the International Renewable Energy Agency, worldwide investment in renewabl...
WASHINGTON » Scientists have figured out why vampire bats are the only mammals that can survive on a diet of just blood.
They compared the genome of common vampire bats to 26 other bat species and identified 13 genes that are missing or no longer work in vampire bats. Over the years, those ...
By Sydney McDonald
Broomfield Enterprise
This year, a well-known symbol for Child Abuse Awareness Prevention Month is going sustainable.
The Broomfield Early Childhood Council announced it is purchasing large metal blue pinwheels to plant in partner locations, as opposed to the normal sma...
By Tom Krisher
The Associated Press
DETROIT » New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to average at least 40 mpg of gasoline in 2026, up from about 28 mpg, under new federal rules unveiled Friday that undo a rollback of standards enacted under President Donald Trump.
The National ...
By Sydney McDonald
Broomfield Enterprise
Broomfield officials have issued a notice of a potential breach to Extraction Oil & Gas regarding a March 12 fire at Interchange Pad A.
An email from City and County Manager Jennifer Hoffman, which was sent Monday and released three days later on Broom...
Attorney General Phil Weiser sued companies producing PFAS
By Conrad Swanson
The Denver Post
Carpeting, furniture, cosmetics, cookware and other products containing PFAS — or forever chemicals linked to cancer and birth defects — would be banned for sale in Colorado under a new proposal from stat...
By Jamey Keaten
The Associated Press
GENEVA » The U.N. health agency says nearly everybody in the world breathes air that doesn’t meet its standards for air quality, calling for more action to reduce fossil-fuel use, which generates pollutants that cause respiratory and blood-flow problems...
By Seth Borenstein
The Associated Press
The one-two punch of nasty wildfires followed by heavy downpours, triggering flooding and mudslides, will strike the U.S. West far more often in a warming world, becoming a frequent occurrence, a new study said.
That fire-flood combination, ...
By Frank Jordans and Seth Borenstein
The Associated Press
BERLIN » Temperatures on Earth will shoot past a key danger point unless greenhouse gas emissions fall faster than countries have committed, the world’s top body of climate scientists said Monday, warning of the consequences of inac...
By Emma Marris
Since 2016, more than 50,000 structures in California have been destroyed by wildfire. During fire season in the West, when the sky is dim with smoke and the sun’s an eerie red, you might find yourself breathing in tiny carbonized particles of what used to be someone’s front-porch sw...
Agency concerned about air quality around oil refinery in Commerce City
By Noelle Phillips
The Denver Post
The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday objected to the state’s proposed operating permit renewal for the Suncor oil refinery in Commerce City and expressed concerns ab...
By Patricia Cohen and Stanley Reed
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At the Siemens Gamesa factory in Aalborg, Denmark, where the next generation of offshore wind turbines is being built, workers are on their hands and knees inside a shallow, canoe-shaped pod that stretches the length of a football...
