By Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press, from The Denver Post eEdition, July 21, 2020
Rich Americans produce nearly 25% more heat-trapping gases than poorer people at home, according to a comprehensive study of U.S. residential carbon footprints. Scientists studied 93 million housing units in the ...
By Matthew Daly, The Associated Press, The Denver Post eEdition, July 1, 2020
WASHINGTON» House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a plan to address climate change that would set a goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, while pushing renewable energy such as wind and solar power and addressi...
Average land temperatures were more than 5 degrees Celsius above normal, surpassing last year’s high mark, according to European scientists By Laura Millan Lombrana, Bloomberg Green, July 7, 2020
The vast Arctic Siberia region, already warming faster than the rest of the world, experienced rec...
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BALI By Richard C. Paddock, © The New York Times Co., The Denver Post eEdition, July 5, 2020
SEMINYAK, INDONESIA» It was trash season on Bali, the time of year when monsoon storms wash up tons of plastic debris onto the island’s beaches. It was also the time for two teenage sisters, Melati and...
By Joe Neguse, Guest Commentary, The Denver Post eEdition, July 1, 2020
Last summer, Washington heard directly from Coloradans when the U.S. House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis traveled to Colorado for the committee’s first — and only — official bipartisan field hearing. Committee members ...
By, Kiley Price, Conservation International, Jan 15, 2020
The top five risks to the global economy in the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report, published today, are environmental — a first in the survey’s history. And with “economic and political polarization” set to increase in 2020, the onu...
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CLIMATE CHANGE
Amazon’s carbon footprint grew 15% However, company says rate fell 5% per $1 spent on website By Joseph Pisani The Associated Press
NEW YORK»Amazon said Tuesday that its carbon footprint rose 15% last y...
The Denver Post eEdition, Judith Kohler, June 17, 2020 Colorado and the country continue to lose clean energy jobs by the thousands since the coronavirus began spreading, a national industry group said Monday.
A new analysis by E2, Environmental Entrepreneurs, said the industry lost 27,000 job...
Women exposed to high temperatures or air pollution are more likely to have premature, underweight or stillborn babies, a look at 32 million U.S. births found.
The New York Times, By Christopher Flavelle, June 18, 2020 WASHINGTON — Pregnant women exposed to high temperatures or air pollution a...
A new report from the International Agency details what it will take to lock in this year’s drop in emissions. Bloomberg By Eric Roston and Akshat Rathi
June 17, 2020, 10:00 PM MDT
Plummeting carbon emissions and big government spending—two of the defining narratives of 2020 so far—could cre...
By Steven Erlanger TNYT, Published May 9, 2020 Updated May 11, 2020
The battle over how to spend recovery funds — to quickly restore the old economy or invest in a greener one — will define the post-pandemic world.
BRUSSELS — With the global paralysis induced by the coronavirus, levels of ...
Public support for action on climate change and hundreds of wind and solar co-ops that brought benefits to local communities restarted a stalled movement.By Dan Gearino APR 30, 2020
BERLIN—Twenty years ago, before climate change was as widely seen as the existential threat it is today, Germany emba...
May 5, 2020, The Denver Post
KENSINGTON, MD.» In just 50 years, 2 billion to 3.5 billion people — mostly the poor who can’t afford air conditioning — will be living in a climate that historically has been too hot to handle, a new study said.
With every 1.8 degree Fahrenheit (1 degree Celsius...
Shared from the 4/22/2020 The Denver Post eEdition By Sue McMillin Columnist for The Denver Post
Brown clouds have lifted, levels of nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide have measurably shrunk, and public health warnings about poor air quality have declined.
Not just in Denver, but worldwide.&n...
Shared from the 4/23/2020 The Denver Post eEdition By Chris Hansen
Guest Commentary
We are facing a challenge unlike anything we’ve seen in a century. When it’s over, we will face another one: how to recover. The economic and social recovery is likely to be slow. It will take time to adjust t...
SHERYL DEVORE LAKE COUNTY NEWS-SUN APR 16, 2020 The pandemic and climate change
During the coronavirus pandemic, people are using their cars and flying in planes less, and that translates to less-polluted skies and healthier air. Indeed, copious photos can be found showing skies before the pandemic...
New study concludes that "banked" CFCs have greenhouse gas impacts equal to all registered U.S. cars and slow the shrinking of the ozone hole. BY PHIL MCKENNAÂ MAR 17, 2020Starting decades ago, international governments phased out a class of chemical refrigerants that harmed the ozone layer and fuel...
THE NYT By Somini Sengupta April 1, 2020, 4:33 p.m. ET
This year’s United Nations-sponsored climate talks, widely regarded as the most important climate meeting of the past four years, were postponed on Wednesday because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The session, known as the Conference o...
