Shared from the 9/25/2020 The Denver Post eEditioBy Adam MinterBloomberg Opinion
Adam Minter is a columnist at Bloomberg Opinion.
Is plastics recycling a lie? That’s the question at the heart of a new investigation into whether Americans have been filling up their blue bins with misplaced ...
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By Lisa Friedman
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WASHINGTON» The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to overhaul the way communities test their water for lead, a policy change that will be pitched before Election Day as a major e...
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By Cara Anna
The Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG» In a year of cataclysm, some world leaders at the annual United Nations meeting are taking the long view, warning: If COVID-19 doesn’t kill us, climate change will.
With Siberia seeing its warmest t...
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By Sam Tabachnik
The Denver Post
As wildfires roared from California to Colorado and a historic cold snap rushed through the Rocky Mountain region this month, a strange thing started happening: Huge numbers of migratory birds began dropping dead.
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DEREGULATION CHALLENGES By Lisa Friedman and John Schwartz
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DEREGULATION CHALLENGES By Lisa Friedman and John Schwart© The New York Times Co.
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Shared from the 9/24/2020 The Denver Post eEditionBy Brad Plumer and Jill Cowan
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California plans to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars statewide by 2035, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday, in a sweeping move aimed at accelerating the state’s efforts to combat...
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UNITED NATIONS»Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country will aim to stop adding to the global warming problem by 2060.Xi’s announcement during a speech Tuesday to the U.N. General Assembly is a significant step for the world’s biggest emitter ...
shared from the 9/20/2020 The Denver Post eEdition By Joseph PisaniThe Associated Press
Lego said Tuesday that it will stop using plastic bags inside its boxed sets and replace them with paper ones.
The Danish toymaker said it will start making the switch next year and expects plastic bags to...
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PFAS have been used in fast-food wrappers and in foam to fight fuel fires at airports. The harmful chemicals have been found in waterways and people in Colorado. Now the state is making it a priority to measure the levels of them and contain them.&...
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LESS RUNOFF GOING INTO LAKE POWELL AND LAKE MEAD By Sam Metz
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John Locher, The Associated Pres CARSON CITY, NEV.»
There’s a chance water levels in the two largest man-made reservoirs in the United ...
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Friday, 18 September 2020 17:40 GMT
As climate impacts surge, Fridays for Future youth activists aim to resume virus-smart mass protest By Laurie GoeringLONDON, Sept 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Leaders of a youth climate strike ...
Shared from the 9/22/2020 The Denver Post eEdition
By Clifford Krauss
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HOUSTON»As oil prices plunge and concerns about climate change grow, BP, Royal Dutch Shell and other European energy companies are selling off oil fields, planning a sharp reduction in emissions and inve...
The Trump administration has acted to repeal or weaken at least 100 environmental regulations over the past four years, including a number of Obama-era climate policies that Mr. Trump has said stifle businesses. The rollbacks include:
Fuel-economy standards: The Trump administration ...
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Colorado has joined a coalition of states and cities in a lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s rolling back of a federal rule intended to limit emissions of methane and other pollutants from new oil and gas operations.
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Shared from the 9/15/2020 The Denver Post eEdition Trump spurs science on wildfires, climate By Jonathan Lemire, Aamer Madhani, Will Weissert and Ellen Knickmeyer The Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, CALIF.» With the smell of California wildfires in the air, President Donald Trump on Mon...
CLIMATE CHANGE Shared from the 9/15/2020 The Denver Post eEdition By Hiroko Tabuchi © The New York Times Co.
Last summer, oil and gas-industry groups were lobbying to overturn federal rules on leaks of natural gas, a major contributor to climate change. Their message: The companies h...
Shared from the 9/17/2020 The Denver Post eEdition By Farhad Manjoo
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Among the few remaining advantages that Americans can claim over other countries is the relative cleanliness of our air. Air pollution is a leading risk factor for early death; it is linked to an...
With 82% of fish being removed faster than they can repopulate and climate change and acidification reducing the oceans' ability to absorb carbon, a crucial planetary life support system is in crisis. In the September issue of The Ethical Corporation magazine, we do a deep dive into oceans, and asse...
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A decade-long global effort to save Earth’s disappearing species and declining ecosystems has mostly stumbled, with fragile habitats such as coral reefs and tropical forests in more trouble than ever, researchers said in a report Tuesday.
In...
AUGUST 19, 2020 | 1:30 PM
From its extraction and production to its management as a waste product, plastic generates planet-warming emissions at every step of its lifecycle.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
If plastic use were a country, it’d be the fifth largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world.
Extract...
