UNITED NATIONS
By Manuela Andreoni
The New York Times
Thousands of invasive species introduced to new ecosystems around the world are causing more than $423 billion in estimated losses to the global economy every year by harming nature, damaging food systems and threatening human health, a wide-r...
By Jesse Bedayn
The Associated Press/ Report for America
Utah officials have pushed the Great Salt Lake to the brink of an ecological collapse because they allowed upstream water to be diverted for decades to farmers growing alfalfa, hay and other crops, according to a lawsuit file...
In its most aggressive move yet to protect federal land from oil and gas exploration, the Biden administration announced Wednesday it would prohibit drilling in 13 million acres of pristine wilderness in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska and cancel all drilling leases in the Arctic National W...
U.N. WEATHER AGENCY
By Jamey Keaten and Seth Borenstein
The Associated Press
GENEVA>> Earth has sweltered through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever measured, with a record warm August capping a season of brutal and deadly temperatures, according to the World Meteorological Organiz...
By Mark Harden
Columnist for The Denver Post
The news out of Hawaii has been deeply tragic. The Maui disaster is already the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, and the island’s death toll continues to rise, with hundreds still missing.
And the cluster of fires that broke out on Aug. ...
OIL AND GAS
Panel will broaden scope with new name
By Judith Kohler
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The agency that regulates oil and gas in Colorado has a new name and new duties, which include building a regulatory framework for the growing geothermal energy sector that is a priority for Gov. Jared Pol...
By Mira Rojanasakul, Christopher Flavelle, Blacki Migliozzi and Eli Murray
The New York Times
Global warming has focused concern on land and sky as soaring temperatures intensify hurricanes, droughts and wildfires. But another climate crisis is unfolding, underfoot and out of view.
Many of the aq...
By Jack Ewing, Clifford Krauss and Lisa Friedman
The New York Times
TETON VILLAGE, Wyo.>> Like many people driving an electric car for the first time, Mikey Marohn had questions: Could he drive hundreds of miles to visit his father without stopping? Where would the chargers be? How did you t...
All-out effort started to save creatures, habitat
By Tammy Webber
The Associated Press
POTTER, Neb.>> When Reed Cammack hears the first meadowlark of spring, he knows his family has made it through another cold, snowy winter on the South Dakota prairie. Nothing’s better, he says, th...
It’s part of a national movement to have universities’ divest all holdings in fossil fuels. The university says its efforts to minimize climate change have been “innovative” and “consistent.”
By Danish Bajwa
August 29, 2023
As the fall semester approaches, student groups at C...
BLACK SEA
As more dead dolphins wash ashore, Ukraine builds a case against Russia
By Marc Santora
The New York Times
ODESA, Ukraine>> The victim was found along a stretch of beach near the port city of Odesa in southern Ukraine early this summer, cause of death unknown.
As a light rain fe...
By Aldo Svaldi
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A wet year may have provided a mental reprieve, but Colorado continues to have more homes at risk from wildfires than any state besides California, according to the Wildfire Risk Report from CoreLogic.
And within Colorado, metro Denver and Colorado Sp...
Back to school time does not have to mean more plastic. Below are our top 5 tips for starting the school year with as little plastic and waste as possible, Beyond Plastics
1. Invest in Reusable Foodware For Plastic-Free, Zero-Waste Snacks and Lunches
Plastic sandwich bags, pa...
By Christopher Flavelle and Manuela Andreoni
The New York Times
The fires in Hawaii would be shocking anywhere — killing at least 89 people, in one of the deadliest wildfires in the United States in modern history. But the devastation is especially striking because of where it happened: in a state...
Suncor Energy’s pollution permits in Colorado for both air and water are outdated and out of touch with modern expectations for environmental protection.
For unknown or perhaps inexplicable reasons, updating the expired permits for the Commerce City refinery has been elusive for the Colorado Depart...
By Elise Schmelzer
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Colorado wildlife officials have a 261-page wolf management plan, a voter-mandated Dec. 31 deadline to bring the canine to the state and an area designated for their release.
But they don’t have any wo...
By Anita Snow and Kendria Lafleur
The Associated Press
PHOENIX>> Postal worker Eugene Gates Jr. was delivering mail in the suffocating Dallas heat this summer when he collapsed in a homeowner’s yard and was taken to a hospital, where he died.
Carla Gates said she’s sure heat was a factor in...
The Maui Strong Fund is providing financial resources that can be deployed quickly, with a focus on rapid response and recovery for the devastating wildfires on Maui.
HCF will not be collecting a fee for donations to the Maui Strong Fund; 100 percent of the funds will be distributed for community n...
Now that last month’s sizzling numbers are all in, the European climate monitoring organization made it official: July 2023 was Earth’s hottest month on record by a wide margin.
July’s global average temperature of 16.95 degrees Celsius (62.51 degrees Fahrenheit) was a third of a degree Celsius (si...
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...
