By Antonio Diaz and Bill McKibben on August 26, 2018 1:00 am, Op Ed Examiner
When the world streams into California for Jerry Brown’s climate summit in September, they’ll focus on the things that the state considers it has done right: the electric cars, the massive solar installations in the ...
Shared from the 2018-08-21 The Denver Post eEdition POLLUTION RULES Trump ready to ease rules on power plants
By Matthew Daly The Associated Press
WASHINGTON» The Trump administration is set to roll back the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s efforts to slow global warm...

Halfway through the summer, at least 1,585 wildfires have torched more than 431,600 acres of Colorado forest and grasslands and destroyed or damaged about 450 homes, making 2018 one of the most destructive fire seasons in history — and it isn’t over yet.
The only larger wildfire season in Colora...
Our country and our planet has a problem -- and we know how to solve it. One month from today -- on September 8 -- we will Rise for solutions! We will Rise for a transition to a clean energy economy that works for everyone. We will Rise for racial, economic, and social justice on all fronts. We will...
Shared from the 2018-08-05 The Denver Post eEdition
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON» Even the dirt on the ground is making climate change worse, a new study finds.
Plants capture massive amounts of carbon, pumping it into the soil where usually it stays for hundreds or thousands of ...
Shared from the 2018-08-05 The Denver Post eEdition
SCIENCE
Poll: Americans think NASA should focus on climate change
By Riley Griffin and Justin Bachman Bloomberg News
NASA’s focus should not be on the cosmos but on Earth, according to a wide-ranging Bloomberg poll of Americans’ vi...
Time, By JUSTIN WORLAND Updated: May 30, 2018 2:56 PM
“Our goal has been to shift the zeitgeist on climate,” says Thanu Yakupitiyage, an activist at the climate group 350.org. “The way we have to frame climate is really personal. In order to talk about climate you have to talk about it with o...
CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGE: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO AMPLIFY WORLD’S BUSINESS, STATE AND CITY PURCHASING POWER IN LARGE-SCALE PUSH FOR ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE FUTURE
The scale of opportunity is bigger than we’ve ever seen before as states and regions, cities, businesses and NGOs unite – bringing together g...
Shared from the 2018-06-18 The Denver Post eEdition
CLIMATE CHANGE
“A different world” with global warming
By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press
David Goldman, The Associated Press
SALIDA» We were warned. ¶ On June 23, 1988, a sultry day in Washington, James Hansen told Congre...
ANTARCTICA
Ice sheet in rapid melt since 1992
By Seth Borenstein
The Associated Press
Shared from the 2018-06-14 The Denver Post eEdition
This photograph, taken in 2010, shows crevasses near the edge of Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica. Ian Joughin, University of Washing...
By JUSTIN WORLAND Updated: May 30, 2018 2:56 PM ET time.com
For eight years, climate change activists lobbied President Obama to address global warming with everything from stronger regulations on greenhouse gases to rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline. The efforts often — if not always — succeeded....
Forecasters predict a 35 percent chance of an above-normal season, a 40 percent chance of a near-normal season, and a 25 percent chance of a below-normal season for the upcoming hurricane season, which extends from June 1 to November 30.
“With the advances made in hardware and computing over the co...
Shared from the 2018-05-24 The Denver Post eEdition
Xcel Energy has cut carbon emissions 35 percent since 2005 and expects to surpass 50 percent by 2022, largely by retiring aging coal plants and replacing them with renewable sources.
The Minneapolis-based owner of Colorado’s largest utility appea...
This September, leaders from around the world are heading to California for the Global Climate Action Summit to talk about climate change. Just days before, thousands will take action around the country demanding their elected officials make commitments at the summit that will protect our communitie...
Destroying Public Confidence in the EPA
Pruitt is “ruling” the EPA in a manner more befitting a potentate than a public servant—operating in secrecy, silencing employees, and spending lavishly on himself. While Pruitt calls for draconian cuts in environmental programs, he has been wasting taxpayer ...
Shared from the 2018-05-11 The Denver Post eEdition
Pentagon revised report from Obama era to remove climate change references
By Chris Mooney and Missy Ryan The Washington Post
WASHINGTON» Internal changes to a draft Defense Department report de-emphasized the threats climate change poses t...
Negotiators face daunting task working out fine print to fulfil pledge to limit global warming at well under 2 deg C
PARIS • Front-line negotiators from more than 190 nations gathering for climate talks in Bonn tomorrow face a daunting task: bring the 2015 Paris Agreement to life The world's o...
Countries around the world are living up to their promises to take climate action, according to new research which reveals that each one of the 197 countries currently signed up to the Paris Agreement now has at least one national climate law or policy in place.
The study, released today by the Lon...
Google has joined Apple in a growing chorus of tech giants coming out in support of the Clean Power Plan. The company filed a statement with the Environmental Protection Agency, which it has since shared with TechCrunch, supporting the Obama-era legislation.
The legislation, which sought to...
Shared from the 2018-04-10 The Denver Post eEdition
Is living near wells hazardous?
Colorado study says: Living near an oil and gas well can increase your risk of cancer.
By John Ingold The Denver Post
A new study led by researchers at the Colorado School of Public Health concludes that ...
