Environmentalists saw missed opportunities but some victories
By Noelle Phillips
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Everyone agrees Colorado is in crisis when it comes to air quality, but finding common ground on how to solve the problem proved to be difficult during the 2023 legislative session.
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By Jill Cowan
The New York Times
Even for a state where a certain amount of weather-related chaos is normal, this winter in California felt relentless. There were catastrophic floods, mudslides, walls of snow, destructive waves, downed trees and, now, potho...
This year, we rally behind the theme “Invest In Our Planet”, which highlights the importance of dedicating our time, resources, and energy to solving climate change and other environmental issues. Investing in our planet is necessary to protect it and the best way to pave a path towards a prosperous...
By SETH BORENSTEIN (AP Science Writer)
Climate change is making major league sluggers into even hotter hitters, sending an extra 50 or so home runs a year over the fences, a new study found.
Hotter, thinner air that allows balls to fly farther contributed a tiny bit to a surge in home runs...
DENVER ELECTION How the next mayor and council can protect the environment By Conrad Swanson
Denver boasts one of the country’s fastest-growing economies and expects to add tens of thousands of residents by the end of the decade.
But the city’s rapid and continued expansion comes at a co...
Holiday Traditions in the Forest Revive Spiritual Relationships with Nature, and Heal Planetary Wounds
Humans evolved strong spiritual connections to the natural world. New research shows exploring and nurturing them can help slow climate change and biodiversity loss, as well as improve our health....
Earth Protect Founders Grant and Carol Barbeito share the love of the Earth and this season of love with all Earth Protectors.
Keep the Faith
By Raymond Zhong
The New York Times
The official timeline of Earth’s history — from the oldest rocks to the dinosaurs to the rise of primates, from the Paleozoic to the Jurassic and all points before and since — soon could include the age of nuclear weapons, human-caused climate change and the pro...
By Jim Tankersley and Alan Rappeport
The New York Times
BALI,INDONESIA>> World leaders gathered Tuesday at a moment of severe geopolitical turmoil as the global economy slinks toward recession, weighed down by high inflation, a growing scarcity of food and the side-by side threats of oil sho...
EPA to make racial equality a bigger factor in environmental rules
By Coral Davenport
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WASHINGTON » The Environmental Protection Agency will establish a new national office of environmental justice, the Biden administration’s latest effort to rectify the disproportionate h...
By Elena Shao and Maddie McGarvey
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WEST LAFAYETTE, OHIO » Michael French trudged through a thicket of prickly bramble, unfazed by the branches he had to swat away on occasion to arrive at a quiet spot of hilly land that once was mined for coal. Now, however, it is p...
By Sabrina Parys
NerdWallet
Many Americans have woven green practices into their everyday lives — from recycling to going paperless and even cutting back on meat consumption.
Switching to clean energy or purchasing an electric vehicle are additional ways to go green, but large-scale upgrades also...
By Susan Montoya Bryan
The Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE » National Park Service Director Chuck Sams said Tuesday he and other officials are committed to boosting the role Native American tribes can play in managing public lands around the U.S.
He told members of a congressional committee ...
Project could bring 10 trains, two miles long, through Denver daily
By Conrad Swanson
The Denver Post
A railroad project out of Utah that would bring up to 10 oil trains, each two miles long, through Denver daily has federal approval but no clear picture of the environmental damag...
By Drew Costley
The Associated Press
The White House’s top official on environmental justice is stepping down a year after President Joe Biden took office with an ambitious plan to help disadvantaged communities and overhaul policies that historically have hurt them.
The departure Friday of Cecil...
By Rebecca Reynolds
The Associated Press
Near the Tidal Basin in Washington, crews have cleaned grime off the white marble exterior of the Jefferson Memorial and fixed cracked stone to prevent falling debris. At the Statue of Liberty, plans are in the works to waterproof the exterior of the massiv...
By Matthew Daly
The Associated Press
RESERVE, LA. » Michael Coleman’s house is the last one standing on his tiny street, squeezed between a sprawling oil refinery whose sounds and smells keep him up at night and a massive grain elevator that covers his pickup in dust and,...
By Sabrina Imbler
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As the pandemic put a spotlight on scientific research, people around the world gained trust in science and scientists, according to a survey released Monday.
Results from the public opinion poll, in a report published by the Wellcome Tru...
By Michael D. Shear
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WASHINGTON » A decision by the Trump administration to move the headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management to Grand Junction from Washington left the agency with high vacancy rates as veteran employees — especially African-Americans — quit ra...
By Susan Montoya Bryan
The Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE » U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Friday formally declared “squaw” a derogatory term and said she is taking steps to remove it from federal government use and to replace other derogatory place names.
Haaland is ordering a fede...
