Utility says 2 units will shutter by 2027, 2028, respectively
By Judith Kohler
The Denver Post
Xcel Energy-Colorado and its partners in the Hayden Generating Station will close the coalfired plant’s two units by 2028, years earlier than planned.
Xcel Energy, which owns the northwest Colorado pla...
By Ernesto Londoño
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RIO DE JANEIRO » After years of whipping up large vegan meals for an ashram in the mountains outside Rio de Janeiro, Luiza de Marilac Tavares found her life upended and herself out of a job when the pandemic forced the center to shut down.
She started c...
By Robin Mcdowell and Margie Mason
The Associated Press
They are two young girls from two very different worlds, linked by a global industry that exploits an army of children.
Olivia Chaffin, a Girl Scout in rural Tennessee, was a top cookie seller in her troop when she first heard rainforests we...
The administration has options to cut emissions even if a Republican-led Senate opposes climate-focused agriculture policies.

By Georgina Gustin
January 4, 2021
The Donaldsonville Nitrogen Complex in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, and the Navoiyazot chemical plant in Navoi, Uzbekistan, have a lot ...
The Resistance: In the President’s Relentless War on Climate Science, They Fought Back
Scientists' efforts were often unseen and sometimes unsuccessful. But over four years, they mounted a guerilla defense that kept pressure on the Trump Administration.
By Marianne Lavelle
December 27, 2020
Ev...
By Katherine J. Wu
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Weighing up to 380,000 pounds and stretching some 100 feet long, the blue whale — the largest creature to have lived on Earth — might at first seem difficult for human eyes and ears to miss.
But a previously unknown population of the leviathans has long...
By Cara Giaimo © The New York Times Co.
Were platypuses just the beginning? In October, researchers reported that the perplexing animals fluoresce a psychedelic blue-green color under black light. The species joined a short list of mammals known to do this, including opossums and flying s...
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA » When they’re hungry, they’ll let you know by coming up to you and looking beseechingly at you and the container of food.
If that doesn’t work, they’ll sniff and paw at your leg.
No, we’re not talking about dogs. We’re talking about kangaroos.
Researchers at the University o...
By Clifford Krauss
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HOUSTON » Over the last 135 years, Exxon Mobil has survived hostile governments, ill-fated investments and the catastrophic Exxon Valdez oil spill. Through it all, the oil company made bundles of money.
But suddenly Exxon is slipping badly, its long lat...
By Dustin Bleizeffer
Writers on the Range
As the rest of the West rushes to meet increasingly ambitious goals to reduce carbon emissions, one state is moving in exactly the opposite direction. It’s Wyoming, which even wants to take on the coalfired generation that states such as Oregon and...
By Sara Loflin, LOGIC
Guest Commentary
The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) just finalized the nation’s strongest rules to protect people and communities living near industrial oil and gas drilling. The rules follow best scientific research and are the result of i...
By Anita Snow The Associated Press GUADALUPE CANYON, ARIZ. » Work crews ignite dynamite blasts in the remote and rugged southeast corner of Arizona, forever reshaping the landscape as they pulverize mountaintops in a rush to build more of President Donald Trump’s border wall before his term ...
By Christopher Flavelle
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WASHINGTON » Wealthier and whiter neighborhoods stricken by wildfires are more likely to get help to reduce the risk of future fires, new data suggest, the latest evidence that racial and economic inequality leave some Americans more exposed to the ...
By Damien Cave
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SYDNEY » China is forcing Australia to confront what many countries are concluding: The coal era is coming to an end.
China officially has blocked coal imports from Australia after months of vague restrictions that dramatically slowed trade and st...
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By John Flesher
The Associated Press
TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. » Federal officials on Tuesday declared the monarch butterfly “a candidate” for threatened or endangered status, but said no action would be taken for several years because of the many other species already awaiting ...
By Scott Condon The Aspen Times
Holy Cross Energy on Monday announced it will speed up its efforts to convert to 100% renewable sources.
The electric cooperative unveiled its 100×30 initiative — providing 100% carbon- free electricity by 2030.
Its previous goal was to achieve 70% clean energ...
5,000 drilling permits are pending heading toward Jan. 15 deadline
By Judith Kohler
The Denver Post
With a raft of new oil and gas rules, now comes the tough part for companies and regulators alike. The rules kick in Jan. 15 and the industry and state will have to see which of the roughly 5,000 p...
By Deborah Swearingen
Boulder Daily Camera
Two new community solar gardens will bring renewable energy to lowincome customers in Boulder County.
Xcel Energy is partnering with Pivot Energy and Energy Outreach Colorado to build the combined 4-megawatt gardens at the Valmont Generating Station. The...
By Candice Choi 12/16/2020
The Associated Press
NEW YORK » U.S. regulators have approved a genetically modified pig for food and medical products, making it the second such animal to get the green light for human consumption. But the company behind it says there are no imminent plans to sell it fo...
