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By Michael Roberts and Andres Jimenez Guest Commentary The Supreme Court’s recent 5-4 decision in Arizona vs. Navajo Nation continues a legacy of restricted water access for Indigenous peoples and limits their access to abundant drinking water, clean drinking water, and adequately treated resident...
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Federal listing decision looms as snowy habitat shrinks By Elise Schmelzer This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The mountain devil can cross hundreds of miles of rough alpine terrain, tear into an elk carcass frozen for weeks and fend off predators several times larger than its 40-pound frame. And the elus...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
               By Lisa Friedman The New York Times During a summer of scorching heat that has broken records and forced Americans to confront the reality of climate change, conservatives are laying the groundwork for a 2024 Republican administration that...
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By Stanley Reed The New York Times HAIFA, Israel>> Six miles off the coast of Israel, beyond the brightly colored sails of wind surfers, an ungainly steel structure looms above the blue Mediterranean. This 200-foot-tall stack of living quarters, tanks and pipes regulates and processes a tor...
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By Tom Krisher The Associated Press DETROIT>> The U.S. government’s most ambitious plan ever to slash planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles faces skepticism both about how realistic it is and whether it goes far enough. The Environmental Protection Agency in April ...
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By Neal E. Boudette The New York Times General Motors is investing tens of billions of dollars to produce new electric vehicles and, it hopes, catch up to Tesla. But those ambitious goals appear distant. This year, the company is struggling to produce a new electric car battery pack meant for the...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
By Elise Schmelzer This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Colorado’s reprieve from drought lasted two weeks as warm temperatures and little precipitation have put the southwest corner of the state back to dry conditions. The U.S. Drought Monitor last week reported that 20% of the state is back in drought, jus...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
           By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press The fingerprints of climate change are all over the intense heat waves gripping the globe this month, a new study finds. Researchers say the deadly hot spells in the American Southwest and Southern Europe could not ...
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             By Isabella O’Malley and Michael Phillis The Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky.>> On a recent day under the July sun, three men heaved solar panels onto the roof of a roomy, two-story house near the banks of the Kentucky River, a few miles upst...
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Posted by on in Environmental Heroes
I want to share an exciting update about our work with you, carol.  More than 15 years ago, former US Vice President Al Gore founded The Climate Reality Project to catalyze a global solution to the climate crisis by making urgent action a necessity across every sector of society.   ...
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Posted by on in Clean Water
“Forever chemicals” flowing from Suncor into Sand Creek spike as Colorado weighs renewal of key water-quality permit Environmentalists call on state to stop allowing Commerce City refinery to discharge PFAS chemicals into waterways By NOELLE PHILLIPS | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | The Denver Post P...
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Posted by on in Human Health
         By Dana G. Smith The New York Times We are experiencing the hottest days in history. Heat waves have blanketed the Northern Hemisphere this week, with temperatures reaching 100 degrees Fahrenheit on three continents. Extreme heat can be deadly for anyone, but olde...
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Posted by on in Solar
               By Isabella O’Malley and Michael Phillis The Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky.>> On a recent day under the July sun, three men heaved solar panels onto the roof of a roomy, two-story house near the banks of the Kentucky River, a few mi...
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Posted by on in Human Health
By Leah Willingham and Matthew Daly The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va.>> A half-century ago, the nation’s top health experts urged the federal agency in charge of mine safety to adopt strict rules protecting miners from poisonous rock dust. The inaction since — fueled by denials and lob...
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Vegans produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions, research says Oxford research says vegans produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions By Cara Buckley The New York Times People who follow a plant-based diet account for 75% fewer greenhouse gas emissions than those who eat more than 3.5 ounces of meat a ...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
           By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press The summer of 2023 is behaving like a broken record about broken records. Nearly every major climate-tracking organization proclaimed June the hottest June ever. Then July 4 became the globe’s hottest day, albeit uno...
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             By Madeleine Ngo The New York Times WASHINGTON>> Tiffany Berger spent more than a decade working at a coal-fired power plant in Coshocton County, Ohio, eventually becoming a unit operator making about $100,000 annually. But in 2020, American ...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
             By Stanley Reed The New York Times LONDON>> While it may be small consolation to people sweltering in the heat wave enveloping southern Europe, electric grids in countries in the region like Italy and Spain have so far met the added demand f...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
           It’s the 19th straight day of hitting that high temperature   Paramedics assist Alex Guerrero, who suffered heatstroke, at his family’s home in Phoenix on Saturday. Across North America, Europe and Asia, hundreds of millions of people have been endur...
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             CDPHE data show 10 people died from heat last year Data shows 10 people died from hot weather last year By Bruce Finley This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. As hot weather baked Colorado this week and forecasters anticipated hotter days to come, state health aut...
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