By Lindsey Toomer
Summit Daily
Rep. Joe Neguse proposed legislation directing the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to work together to finish the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail in time for the trail’s 50th anniversary in 2028.
The trail spans 3,100 m...
Re: “The Colorado River is sending us a message,” Aug. 29 commentary
Gary Wockner’s column on the Colorado River focuses on Lake Powell and how climate change necessitates a reassessment of how that reservoir should be managed.
Clearly some very difficult decisions need to be made in view ...
By Lisa Friedman
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WASHINGTON » The Biden administration Thursday took the first steps that would allow it to begin the process of protecting Alaska’s pristine Bristol Bay, one of the world’s most valuable sockeye salmon fisheries that also sits atop ...
By Ivan Penn
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The Biden administration on Wednesday released a blueprint for producing almost half of the nation’s electricity from the sun by 2050 — something that would require the country to double the amount of solar energy installed every year over the ...
By Ruth Maclean
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YAATAAH, NIGERIA » When the women arrived in the quiet waterside village of Yaataah on an afternoon in May, some local young men hurried over to them. They offered to carry the women’s loads — old rice sacks and tin basins full of ...
» By Paul Cancik, YourHub Contributor
In Denver’s semi-arid climate, trees and water are both precious resources. However, by following a few expert tips, you can preserve mature trees on your property and establish new trees that will help grow our urban canopy, diminish heat ...
E-vehicle battery maker expands Louisville-based company is moving into a new space in Thornton
By Judith Kohler
The Denver Post
Solid Power is expanding its facilities and the capacity to produce solid state batteries for use in electric vehicles.
The Louisville-based company is moving int...
To Meet Paris Accord Goal, Most of the World’s Fossil Fuel Reserves Must Stay in the Ground
A new study in Nature reports that oil, gas and coal production must begin falling immediately to have even a 50 percent chance of keeping global temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius.
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Habitat set aside for threatened species
Conservation bank to aid Preble’s meadow jumping mouse
By Judith Kohler
The Denver Post
A first-of-its-kind venture in Colorado is bringing public and private entities together to sustain a tiny mouse whose habitat has shrunk as developmen...
Why demolish instead of deconstruct?
Expert says more demand for salvaged materials is needed
By Lisa Prevost
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As the green building movement evolves beyond energy efficiency into new areas of sustainability, one promising effort focuses on finding new life for used build...
By Amanda Little
Bloomberg Opinion
As drought continues to punish food producers throughout the American West, Hurricane Ida has reminded us that the very opposite problem — raging storms and floods — not only imperils crop production but can devastate global food distribution netw...
By Hiroko Tabuchi and Blacki Migliozzi
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Cleanup crews are working to contain what experts called a substantial oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to an examination of satellite and aerial survey images, ship-tracking data, and interviews with local officials...
The cotton tote crisis
An organic cotton tote needs to be used 20,000 times to offset its overall impact of production
By Grace Cook
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Recently, Venetia Berry, an artist in London, counted up the free cotton tote bags that she had accumulated in her closet. There wer...
By Courtney Rubin
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Dr. Maria Wei, a professor of dermatology at the University of California San Francisco, was helping a student come up with a project about how the environment affects skin when she looked out her office window and saw the ash falling from the sky...
From Martin Ogle
Board Member at Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education
At 6:30 pm on the evening of September 30, there will be a statewide (virtual) watch party for the student-produced video entitled "Making a Living and a Life; Empowering young people with an ALL careers approach." ...
By Bruce Finley
The Denver Post
COLORADO SPRINGS » Eighteen coal-fired power plants down. Another dozen to go as Colorado shifts its electricity supply system off fossil fuels.
The latest shutdown at the massive Martin Drake Power Plant in downtown Colorado Springs last week brings the sh...
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Black fur, white stripes, foul smelling liquid — everybody can identify the striped skunk. But did you know these malodorous mammals have smaller cousins marked by black and white blots? They’re the spotted skunks, and they do something the stripeys can’t.
Spotted skunks perform a spread-eagled han...
Expert says more demand for salvaged materials is needed
By Lisa Prevost
© The New York Times Co.
As the green building movement evolves beyond energy efficiency into new areas of sustainability, one promising effort focuses on finding new life for used building materials, although advocates say ...
U.N.: Weather disasters soar in numbers, cost, but deaths fall
By Seth Borenstein and Jamey Keaten
The Associated Press
GENEVA » Weather disasters are striking the world four to five times more often and causing seven times more damage than in the 1970s, the United Nations weather agency ...
