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By Matthew Daly The Associated Press WASHINGTON>> The Biden administration issued a final rule Wednesday aimed at curbing methane leaks from oil and gas drilling on federal and tribal lands, its latest action to crack down on emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes sig...
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  By Elise Schmelzer This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. A bat infected with a fungus that has killed millions of bats across the country was found in Longmont last month. Testing this month confirmed the little brown bat was infected with white-nose syndrome — a deadly fungus that could devastate Co...
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TRANSPORTATION People alone the Seine at lunchtime in Paris on March 11. The Seine is becoming a test case for a European plan to cut carbon emissions by turning rivers into new highways. JAMES HILL — THE NEW YORK TIMES By Liz Alderman The New York Times PARIS>> As pale morning light flick...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
  By Brad Plumer The New York Times WASHINGTON>> The Biden administration plans to spend up to $6 billion on new technologies to cut carbon dioxide emissions from heavy industries such as steel, cement, chemicals and aluminum, which are all enormous contributors to global warming but w...
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Posted by on in Forestry
CLIMATE POLICY By Patricia Cohen The New York Times KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia>> The European Union’s upcoming ban on imports linked to deforestation has been hailed as a “gold standard” in climate policy: a meaningful step to protect the world’s forests, which help remove planet-killing gr...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
  By Jack Graham | Climate change and nature correspondent, UK Living with water In the city of Wilmington, on the U.S. East Coast, there floats a famous World War II battleship called the USS North Carolina. The major tourist attraction is having some trouble with its parking lot, which is...
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VACCINATION HESITANCY AND EXEMPTIONS By Abraar Karan and Julie Parsonnet Los Angeles Times The measles virus is resurging in the U.S. despite the long-standing availability of a vaccine that provides nearly life-long immunity. In the past few weeks, hundreds of people were exposed to a child with...
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Posted by on in Water Conservation
  Your front lawn can stay, but many property owners will have to change practices By Elise Schmelzer This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Swaths of Kentucky bluegrass will become a less common sight across Colorado after lawmakers passed a bill to ban new nonfunctional turf in hopes of conserving wat...
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Posted by on in Human Health
  By Matthew Daly The Associated Press WASHINGTON>> The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a carcinogen that kills tens of thousands of Americans every year but is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products. The ...
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Posted by on in Air Quality
           LAKEWOOD By Noelle Phillips This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. A Lakewood business that sterilizes medical equipment with cancer-causing ethylene oxide must slash its air emissions after the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday told all...
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  But now mines threaten SA Native water, culture and wealth Tourists gather in the Salinas Grandes salt flats in Jujuy, Argentina. The salt flat brings income to towns through tourism and small-scale salt harvesting. PHOTOS BY RODRIGO ABD — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Image 1 of 3 ...
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Posted by on in Clean Water
  Limit water-pollution permit to Suncor Energy on Wednesday that restricts the amount of “forever chemicals” and other harmful pollutants the company’s Commerce City refinery can discharge into Sand Creek, an important source of water for drinking and agricultural irrigation in the state.&nbs...
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“Failure is not an option” in negotiations over long-term usage cuts, federal official says By ELISE SCHMELZER |  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  | The Denver Post PUBLISHED: March 7, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. | UPDATED: March 7, 2024 at 6:03 a.m.   Negotiators for the s...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
NATIONAL CLIMATE ASSESSMENT “A very dangerous future” By Seth Borenstein and Tammy Webber The Associated Press Revved-up climate change now permeates Americans’ daily lives with harm that is “already far-reaching and worsening across every region of the United States,” a massive new government r...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
U.S. WILDFIRE RISK Study finds grassland fires more common, destructive By Nadja Popovich The New York Times Forest fires may get more attention, but a new study reveals that grassland fires are more widespread and destructive across the United States. Almost every year since 1990, the study fou...
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WILDCAT LOADOUT EXPANSION Project raises new alarms of oil along Colorado River   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. A proposed railway project that would bring a surge in the amount of oil transported along the Colorado River is on hold, but Colorado communities and lawmakers are now concerned abou...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
         Nation says it can fight climate change and be major oil producer   By Suman Naishadham and Victor Caivano The Associated Press FORT MCMURRAY, ALBERTA>> During a May wildfire that scorched a vast swath of spruce and pine forest in northwestern Canada...
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    By Biswajeet Banerjee The Associated Press LUCKNOW, India>> Millions of Indians celebrated Diwali with a new Guinness World Record number of bright earthen oil lamps as concerns about air pollution soared in the South Asian country. Across the country, dazzling multicolored ...
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Posted by on in Energy Efficiency
NATIVE AMERICANS Clean energy projects funded By Sophie Austin The Associated Press/ Report for America The federal government will fund 17 projects across the U.S. to expand access to renewable energy on Native American reservations and in other rural areas, the Biden administration announced o...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
Utility to pay for Pano AI’s camera systems on 1.5M acres across its territory Utility to pay for Pano AI’s camera systems on 1.5 million acres across its territory By Judith Kohler This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Xcel Energy Colorado, which expects to spend about $180 million on wildfire prevention this ...
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