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OIL AND GAS LEAKS
EPA may ease methane rules
Proposal “may also degrade air quality,” affect public health
By Ellen Knickmeyer and Matthew Brown
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON» The Trump administration moved closer Tuesday to rolling...
On September 8, hundreds of thousands of people worldwide displayed the growing strength and diversity of the climate movement.
Together they showed the world what real climate leadership looks like. People everywhere are turning away from the age of fossil fuels and it’s time for politicia...
By Joe Abbott
Those are often the youthful perspectives when one appraises the future. Nothing seems so fraught with possibilities, yet enmeshed with such futility. There's so much to do, so much to change. Maybe, if one is driven, one has an idea and a place to start. But for the rest of us there'...
Shared from the 2018-09-05 The Denver Post eEdition
Watchdog faults EPA’s security costs
By Ellen Knickmeyer
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON» The Environmental Protection Agency failed to properly justify spending more than $3.5 million on round-the-clock security for for...
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NATION
CALIFORNIA SEEKS 100 PERCENT CLEAN ENERGY BY 2045
Lawmakers OK a measure mandating all electricity come from wind, solar and other clean sources by 2045, marking the state’s biggest step in the fight against global warming.
By Antonio Diaz and Bill McKibben on August 26, 2018 1:00 am, Op Ed Examiner
When the world streams into California for Jerry Brown’s climate summit in September, they’ll focus on the things that the state considers it has done right: the electric cars, the massive solar installations in the ...
Shared from the 2018-08-28 The Denver Post eEdition
Regulators in Colorado green-light Xcel’s plan Company says proposal includes boosting renewables, cutting coal
By Judith Kohler The Denver Post
A plan by Xcel Energy Colorado to boost the share of power it gets from wind and s...
Shared from the 2018-08-22 The Denver Post eEdition
COLORADO
Coal’s status as dominant source of power fading
By Aldo Svaldi
The Denver Post

The Trump administration will repeal the Clean Power Plan, saying Monday it wants to give states more of a say on their coal power plants. But the Clean...
Shared from the 2018-08-22 The Denver Post eEdition
MORE MANATEES HAVE DIED IN FLORIDA THIS YEAR THAN ALL OF 2017
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. » The number of manatee deaths in Florida this year has already exceeded the total for all of 2017.
Blame Red Tide, which is suspected of killing more tha...
COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS
Trump plan new fuel for old facilities
By Jennifer A. Dlouhy
Bloomberg News
Tucked inside the Trump administration’s plan to ease carbon dioxide limits is a change that could breathe new life into scores of aging coal-fired power plants.
Exp...
KING SOOPERS OWNER, Kroger phasing out plastic bags at all its stores By The Associated Press
The nation’s largest grocery chain has begun to phase out the use of plastic bags as more Americans grow uncomfortable with their impact on the environment. Kroger Co. started Thursday...
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KING SOOPERS OWNER, Kroger phasing out plastic bags at all its stores By The Associated Press
CINCINNATI» The nation’s largest grocery chain has begun to phase out the use of plastic bags as more Americans grow uncomfortable wit...
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KING SOOPERS OWNER, Kroger phasing out plastic bags at all its stores By The Associated Press
CINCINNATI» The nation’s largest grocery chain has begun to phase out the use of plastic bags as more Americans grow uncomfortable wit...
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KING SOOPERS OWNER, Kroger phasing out plastic bags at all its stores By The Associated Press
CINCINNATI» The nation’s largest grocery chain has begun to phase out the use of plastic bags as more Americans grow uncomfortable wit...
Trump changes in rules re air pollution analysis trades some Consumer prices would drop but preventable deaths would rise
The rule isn't billed as a trade-off but among its quantifiable effects would be an increase in preventable deaths and a small drop in electricity costs.
The proposal estimates...
Shared from the 2018-08-21 The Denver Post eEdition POLLUTION RULES Trump ready to ease rules on power plants
By Matthew Daly The Associated Press
WASHINGTON» The Trump administration is set to roll back the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s efforts to slow global warm...
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON» Conserving oil is no longer an economic imperative for the U.S., the Trump administration declares in a major new policy statement that threatens to undermine decades of government campaigns for gas-thrifty cars and other conservation programs.
The position was out...

Halfway through the summer, at least 1,585 wildfires have torched more than 431,600 acres of Colorado forest and grasslands and destroyed or damaged about 450 homes, making 2018 one of the most destructive fire seasons in history — and it isn’t over yet.
The only larger wildfire season in Colora...
Due diligence the government says it conducted before announcing a $443.8m grant to a not-for-profit group was actually conducted as part of an application for funding for a separate project, the Great Barrier ReefFoundation says.
The environment and energy minister, Josh Frydenberg, says...
The momentum behind the movement to ban plastic straws in cities across the country doesn’t seem likely to slow any time soon, especially in California.
San Francisco supervisors voted unanimously to ban restaurants, bars and retailers from selling or using on Tuesday, becoming the largest city to ...
