The US Consumer Product Safety Commission will move to regulate gas stoves as new research links them to childhood asthma.
ByAri Natter
January 9, 2023 at 5:00 AM MST
A federal agency says a ban on gas stoves is on the table amid rising concern about harmful indoor air pollutants emitted by...
By Niraj Chokshi and Kellen Browning
The New York Times
Benjamin Reynaga used power tools to hack his way into a beat-up hybrid Honda Fit at an auto dismantling plant at the edge of the Mojave Desert until he reached the most important part of the car: its lithium-ion battery. The veh...
Part of the bipartisan infrastructure law passed last year, the program will provide $5 billion over the next five years to help school districts switch to clean energy school buses. However, some districts are blocked from participating due to the EPA’s requirement that they scrap their old buses.
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CLIMATE CHANGE By Sophie Austin The Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, calif.>> California air regulators voted unanimously Thursday to approve an ambitious plan to drastically cut reliance on fossil fuels by changing practices in the energy, transportation and agriculture sectors, but cr...
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 Bruce Finley
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Among America’s iconic native birds, the lesser prairie chicken can be especially hard to spot — hiding behind shrubs, seldom popping out except before sunrise in spring for flamboyant mating dances.
But now it may become Colorado’s first climate casualty.
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This Christmas, ask Santa for an electric leaf blower, mower, or chainsaw. Come summer, we’ll all thank you.
The little engines in gas-powered landscaping equipment generate a disproportionate amount of air pollution for their size. A commercial gas-powered blower produces the same amount of ozone-...
By Sophie Austin
The Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, calif.>> California air regulators voted unanimously Thursday to approve an ambitious plan to drastically cut reliance on fossil fuels by changing practices in the energy, transportation and agriculture sectors, but critics say it doe...
By Dino Grandoni
MONTREAL — Close to 200 countries reached a watershed agreement early Monday to stem the loss of nature worldwide, pledging to protect nearly a third of Earth’s land and oceans as a refuge for the planet’s remaining wild plants and animals by the end of the decade.
A room of blear...
By María Teresa Hernández
The Associated Press
RAPA NUI, Chile>> The hillside of Rano Raraku volcano on Rapa Nui feels like a place that froze in time.
Embedded in grass and volcanic rock, almost 400 moai — the monolithic human figures carved centuries ago by this remote Pacific island’s Ra...
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 Judith Kohler
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Dan and Malia Fredrickson used the opportunity of a malfunctioning air conditioner to take a step toward electrifying their home by getting a heat pump, equipment that’s been around for a while but has gotten more attention l...
RON GARAN: When we see our planet from the perspective of space, certain things become undeniably clear. We keep trying to deal with issues such as global warming, deforestation, biodiversity loss, as standalone issues, when in reality, they're just symptoms of the underlying root problem. And the p...
The American West is currently the driest it’s been in 1,200 years, a new study found
By CONRAD SWANSON |
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| The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: February 19, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. | UPDATED: February 21, 2022 at 3:07 p.m.
Not only is the American West the driest it’s been in more than a...
Federal endangered species designation will heighten protection for surviving lesser prairie chickens
By BRUCE FINLEY |
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| The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: December 8, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. | UPDATED: December 9, 2022 at 10:50 a.m.
Among America’s iconic native birds, the lesser prair...
The water crisis is intensifying, bringing supply issues, higher cost-of-living and impacts to tourism and agriculture
By CONRAD SWANSON |
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| The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: July 21, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. | UPDATED: July 22, 2022 at 6:10 p.m.
With each passing decade the Colorado Ri...
BOULDER CO
By Amy Bounds
Daily Camera
Fourth-graders at Boulder’s Columbine Elementary have a lot to say about flood mitigation for Goose Creek, which runs through the neighborhood near the school.
They’re giving presentations this week after partnering with Growing Up Boulder, Classrooms for Cl...
By Judith Kohler
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Aiming to get mileage out of the increasing use of electric vehicles, the Colorado Energy Office is updating its plan to get more of them on the roads.
On Thursday, the agency unveiled a draft update with a goal of electrifying a bigger share of medium- and...
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We are proud to share the Colorado Latino Climate Justice Policy Handbook. This is the first of its kind: a bilingual informational guide about the status of the climate crisis in Colorado and the struggles that face the Latino community alongside it.
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