By Lisa Friedman and Brad Plumer
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WASHINGTON » The $369 billion climate and tax package forged in a surprise deal by Senate Democrats would be the most ambitious action ever taken by the United States to try to stop the planet from catastrophically overheating.
The agreeme...
By Matthew Brown The Associated Press
BILLINGS, MONT. » The Biden administration on Monday said the government will plant more than one billion trees across millions of acres of burned and dead woodlands in the U.S. West, as officials struggle to counter the increasing toll on the nation’s for...
Residents can expect 12% premium rise for home insurance
By Aldo Svaldi
The Denver Post
Colorado over the past 20 years has suffered more major natural disasters than Florida and is among nine states where the number of events causing $1 billion or more in damage has more than tripled ove...
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 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...
By Frank Jordans
The Associated Press
BERLIN » The world must take “radical action” to shift away from fossil fuels, including investing $5.7 trillion annually in solar, wind and other forms of clean power this decade to ensure that global warming doesn’t pass dangerous thresholds,...
By Maggie Astor
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Startlingly large amounts of methane are leaking from wells and pipelines in New Mexico, according to a new analysis of aerial data, suggesting that the oil and gas industry may be contributing more to climate change than previously was know...
By Ved Nanda
Columnist for The Denver Post
Unlike the wide denunciation of Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine, the impact of the war on the future of the Arctic region has gone mostly unnoticed. The immediate concern is that the Arctic Council, the intergovernmental bo...
Crow’s $1.2 billion proposal would help states, tribes better prepare for disasters
By Conrad Swanson
The Denver Post
Inspired by an office that launched in Colorado nearly a decade ago, U.S. Rep. Jason Crow wants to set aside more than $1 billion to help states and Native American tribes prepare...
By Sabrina Valle
HOUSTON, March 23 (Reuters) - Occidental Petroleum (OXY.N) on Wednesday outlined plans to advance its clean energy transition business, including spending between $800 million and $1 billion on a facility to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air.The proposed facility, the world'...
By Marcy Gordon
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON » Companies would be required to disclose the greenhouse gas emissions they produce and how climate risk affects their business under new rules proposed Monday by the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of a drive across the go...
By Brittany Peterson and Matthew Brown
The Associated Press
DECKERS » Dripping flaming fuel, a line of workers slowly descends a steep, snow-covered hillside above central Colorado’s South Platte River, torching piles of woody debris that erupt into flames shooting two stories high.
It’s ...
Legislators consider plan that would pay businesses, homeowners to install climate-friendly landscapes
By Conrad Swanson
The Denver Post
Facing a historic megadrought across the West with no end in sight, Colorado lawmakers, looking for easy and effective ways to conserve water, set their...
By Brittany Peterson and Matthew Brown
The Associated Press
DECKERS » Dripping flaming fuel, a line of workers slowly descends a steep, snow-covered hillside above central Colorado’s South Platte River, torching piles of woody debris that erupt into flames shooting two stories high.
It’s winter i...
By Noelle Phillips
The Denver Post
Boulder County’s commissioners hope the process of cleaning up the ash and debris from houses burned in the Marshall fire will begin by the end of March even as a lawsuit over the county’s contract to do the work makes its way through the court system.
On Tuesda...
Change has impact on water quality, transportation in remote areas
By Brittany Peterson
The Associated Press
GRAND LAKE » With a backdrop of mountain vistas and a rink of natural ice, the annual hockey tournament at Grand Lake offers a picturesque snapshot of Colorado’s beauty. What’s not...
By Noelle Phillips
The Denver Post
The Louisville City Council on Tuesday night decided to allow people who lost homes in the Marshall fire to opt out of new green building codes after hundreds of residents voiced fears that the requirements would increase the cost of rebuilding in...
