By Catrin Einhorn and Fred Ramos
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As scientists planned an expedition in Mexico this fall to count one of the world’s most endangered animals, a shy porpoise called a vaquita, they dreaded the possibility that there would be none left to find. The last survey, in 20...
By Louisa Willcox
Writers on the Range
This year marks the 25th anniversary of one of the most spectacular conservation victories in recent history: the defeat of a massive gold mine planned for the doorstep of Yellowstone National Park.
Called the New World mine, it was proposed by the Canadian ...
I-25 tunnels expected to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions by 90%
By John Aguilar
The Denver Post
PALMER LAKE » Trying to dodge and weave across six lanes of interstate highway traffic between Colorado’s two largest cities — where 87,000 vehicles a day move through at 75 mph — ...
In a world of pandemic chaos, political strife and climate catastrophe, some would-be parents see the future as too dark to procreate
By Alex Williams
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Before she married her husband, Kiersten Little considered him ideal father material. “We were always under the mentality...
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 Brian Melley
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES » Lightning-sparked wildfires killed thousands of giant sequoias this year, leading to a staggering two-year death toll that accounts for up to nearly a fifth of Earth’s largest trees, officials said Friday.
Fires in Sequoia National Park...
By Daniel Craig McCool
The Conversation
The Colorado River is a vital lifeline for the arid U.S. Southwest. It supplies water to seven states, Mexico, 29 Indian reservations and millions of acres of irrigated farmland. The river and its tributaries support 16 million jobs and provi...
By Hannah Reyes Morales
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TAN-AWAN, PHILIPPINES »
In the predawn light, Lorene de Guzman paddles out to sea in his tiny wooden outrigger to hand-feed the giants living in the water. One of the behemoths, a whale shark known as 180, swims up, its enormous mou...
By David Williams and Chris Brown
Guest Commentary
The 2021 wildfire season continues to wreak havoc on the Western United States with more than 48,725 wildfires that have burned 6,619,632 acres across the region. These fires, in addition to devastating the states, make affected areas more...
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...
By Ian Austen
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TALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK, ONTARIO »
The beaver may be one of Canada’s official national symbols, as iconic as the maple leaf, but Canadians have a love-hate relationship with the creature, with the emphasis for many more on the second emotion.
Some commun...
By John Surico
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There is a joke told in transit circles about people who ride electric bicycles: How do you know if someone has an e-bike? They’ll tell you. The idea, of course, is that users of the battery- powered two-wheelers tend to be proselytizers for the te...
By Alan Fram
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON » A fractious House handed President Joe Biden a marquee victory Friday by approving an approximately $2 trillion social and environment bill, as Democrats cast aside disputes that for months had stalled the measure and hampered efforts to sell ...
By Matthew Brown
The Associated Press
BILLINGS, MONT. » The Biden administration on Friday said it will consider new measures to protect greater sage grouse, a bird species once found across much of the U.S. West that has suffered drastic declines in recent decades because of oil and gas...
By Ellen Knickmeyer
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON » After talking the climate talk at U.N. negotiations in Scotland, the Biden administration now tests whether a divided United States can walk the climate walk and push a massive investment for a new era of clean energy through th...
By Débora Álvares
The Associated Press
BRASILIA, BRAZIL » President Jair Bolsonaro and Environment Minister Joaquim Leite knew the Amazon region’s annual deforestation rate had surged before the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, but kept results quiet to avoid hampering negotiations...
By Brian Melley
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES » Lightning-sparked wildfires killed thousands of giant sequoias this year, leading to a staggering two-year death toll that accounts for up to nearly a fifth of Earth’s largest trees, officials said Friday.
Fires in Sequoia National Park a...
As cities grow, wastewater recycling gets another look
By Brittany Peterson and Sam Metz
The Associated Press
Around the U.S., cities increasingly are warming to an idea that once induced gags: Sterilize wastewater from toilets, sinks and factories, and eventually pipe it back into homes ...
Critics of proposed reforms fear bills could fall to taxpayers
By Judith Kohler
The Denver Post
Proposed reforms meant to ensure taxpayers don’t get stuck paying to clean up oil and gas sites could leave the public open to eventually covering billions of dollars in costs, environmentalist...
