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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 li...
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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...
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...
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 ...
This story originally appeared on Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
At the railway hospital in Patna, India earlier this year, an old woman took a raspy breath and croaked out her name: Annapurna Devi. For five years, her son says, the 70-year-old has been una...
Extract from Char Miller, The Conversation
Perspectives, The Denver Post, August 12
The High Plains water bank is being drained, under 8 states this has been the largest underground source of fresh water. Its the most important source of water across the high plains region. At current withdr...
Our country and our planet has a problem -- and we know how to solve it. One month from today -- on September 8 -- we will Rise for solutions! We will Rise for a transition to a clean energy economy that works for everyone. We will Rise for racial, economic, and social justice on all fronts. We will...
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The Associated Press
WASHINGTON» Even the dirt on the ground is making climate change worse, a new study finds.
Plants capture massive amounts of carbon, pumping it into the soil where usually it stays for hundreds or thousands of ...
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SCIENCE
Poll: Americans think NASA should focus on climate change
By Riley Griffin and Justin Bachman Bloomberg News
NASA’s focus should not be on the cosmos but on Earth, according to a wide-ranging Bloomberg poll of Americans’ vi...
Time, By JUSTIN WORLAND Updated: May 30, 2018 2:56 PM
“Our goal has been to shift the zeitgeist on climate,” says Thanu Yakupitiyage, an activist at the climate group 350.org. “The way we have to frame climate is really personal. In order to talk about climate you have to talk about it with o...
21Jun, 2018
By Anne Manning
A new study that draws on previous work by Colorado State University scientists finds that the U.S. oil and gas industry emits nearly 60 percent more methane than current Environmental Protection Agency estimates. That ...
By Anne Manning
A new study that draws on previous work by Colorado State University scientists finds that the U.S. oil and gas industry emits nearly 60 percent more methane than current Environmental Protection Agency estimates. That amounts to ...
21Jun, 2018
By Anne Manning
A new study that draws on previous work by Colorado State University scientists finds that the U.S. oil and gas industry emits nearly 60 percent more methane than current Environmental Protection Agency estimates. That ...
