COMPOSTING
What goes in bins to change
No more pizza boxes; firm trying to get rid of contaminated products
By Noelle Phillips
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The primary company accepting compostable materials across Colorado’s Front Range plans to stop taking packaging and service ware such as carry...
By Amy Taxin
The Associated Press
FRESNO, Calif.>> Mabu saunters across a grassy field and raises his long, gray trunk to wrangle food from a hole carved inside a large boulder, captivating the attention of a girl propped up on her father’s shoulders.
At this zoo in a central California far...
WILDLIFE By Susan Montoya Bryan
The Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE>> Endangered Mexican gray wolves are making more strides, as more breeding pairs and pups have been documented since reintroduction efforts began in the southwestern U.S. more than two decades ago, federal wildlife manager...
By Tracey Tully and Winston Choi-Schagrin
The New York Times
First, a North Atlantic right whale, a critically endangered species, washed ashore in Virginia. Then, a humpback floated onto a beach in New Jersey. Not long afterward, a minke whale, swept in on the morning tide, landed on the Rockaway...
By Clifford Krauss
The New York Times
HOUSTON>> Emma McConville was thrilled when she landed a job as a geologist at Exxon Mobil in 2017. She was assigned to work on one of the company’s most exciting and lucrative projects, a giant oil field off Guyana.
But after oil prices collapsed durin...
Youth Service America (YSA) is searching for Heartwarming Young Heroes with creative ideas to foster meaningful connections, promote inclusion, and teach empathy. With support from Hershey’s Heartwarming Project, YSA will award up to $50,000 in grants for youth-led service projects and commu...
MARSHALL FIRE
Most rebuilds following energy-efficient codes
Stricter standards prompted protests; now, homeowners in Louisville, Superior choosing to go “green”

By Noelle Phillips
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A year ago, Audrey DeBarros led a protest outside Louisville City Hall to demand the C...
By Michael Phillis and Kathleen Ronayne
The Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif.>> In its latest ambitious road map to tackle climate change, California relies on capturing carbon out of the air and storing it deep underground on a scale that’s not yet been seen in the United States.
The pla...
By Raymond Zhong
The New York Times
It sounds like an obvious fix for California’s whipsawing cycles of deluge and drought: Capture the water from downpours so it can be used during dry spells.
Pump it out of flood-engorged rivers and spread it in fields or sandy basins, where it can seep into th...
WHALE SONG
Scientists: Humpbacks wail less as population grows
A humpback whale breaches off the coast of Port Stephens, Australia, in June 2021. MARK BAKER — ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE
WASHINGTON>> Those melancholy tunes sung by humpback whales may really be a sign of loneliness.
S...
The Associated Press
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.>> Six Western states that rely on water from the Colorado River have agreed on a model to dramatically cut their use, months after the federal government called for action and an initial deadline passed.
California — with the largest allocation o...
City asks “forever chemical” producers pay to clean contaminated surface and groundwater
By Conrad Swanson
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Thornton filed a lawsuit Monday in South Carolina District Court against dozens of companies and people that produce PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” claiming the ...
Can the West’s lifeline be saved?
Experts offer eight possible solutions, from desalination to cloud seeding and growth management

By Conrad Swanson
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Conditions on the drying Colorado River are worsening faster than expected. States can’t agree on how to divide ...
By Melissa Eddy
The New York Times
Lawmakers for the European Union put an expiration date on the sale of new cars with combustion engines, approving legislation on Tuesday that in effect bans vehicles powered with diesel or gasoline from automobile showrooms beginning in 2035.
The law, p...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.>> The ungainly yet graceful wood stork, which was on the brink of extinction in 1984, has recovered sufficiently in Florida and other Southern states that U.S. wildlife officials Tuesday proposed removing the wading bird from the endangered species list.
The U.S. ...
Application Deadline: March 5
Youth Service America (YSA) is searching for Heartwarming Young Heroes with creative ideas to foster meaningful connections, promote inclusion, and teach empathy. With support from Hershey’s Heartwarming Project, YSA will award up to $50,000 in grants for youth-led ser...
By Anna Grace Lee
The New York Times
In a San Antonio garage, two millennial mothers blast Avril Lavigne over speakers. They spend hours with the garage door open, soaking up the Texas air and sorting through small mountains of children’s clothes.
This is how Kara Livingston, 36, and Nico...
EDITORIAL
The Denver Post
Suncor Energy’s refinery operations in Commerce City are of regional concern — for health and safety, for the supply of fuels and asphalt, for problematic greenhouse gas emissions, and for environmental protection.
Yet, Suncor refuses to be transparent about any of...
Wes Sonnier, President, BioMedical Waste Solutions
Biomedical waste refers to any type of waste that is generated from the healthcare industry, including hospitals, clinics, and research facilities. This waste can include everything from sharps, such as needles and scalpels, to infectiou...
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
By Remy Tumin
The New York Times
A biotech company in Georgia has received conditional approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the first vaccine for honeybees, a move scientists say could help pave the way for controlling a range of viruses and pests th...
