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On the road to zero carbon, Portland pinches off fossil fuels
This article discusses how Portland, OR, is heading down the road to zero carbon, by pinching off fossil fuels. Despite a legal battle, the city has banned new large-scale fossil fuel facilities – which could have far-reaching effects.
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Sierra Club contests fracking development on Boulder County open space
This article discusses how the Sierra Club is contesting fracking development on Boulder County open space. With approval to submit expert reports to COGCC, Sierra Club hopes to kill application once and for all.
The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has decided it will allow the Sierra […]
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As NM Reservoirs Hit Bottom, Worries Grow Over the Future of water there
This article discusses the worries over the future of the New Mexico Reservoirs as they are being drained. The state’s reservoirs have done their job to help water users survive record drought in 2018. Now they are almost totally dry, and tensions are building over the year ahead. […]
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Power company CEO Says Retiring the US Coal Fleet ‘Just a Matter of When’
This article discusses how even coal executives know that the coal industry is living on borrowed time. Xcel Colorado announced the retirement of two coal-fired units and a historic-low-cost renewables plan, shortly after CEO Ben Fowke spoke on stage at the EEI Annual Convention.
Xcel Energy Colorado submitted an
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In California, Facts and Science Still Matter
This NY Times opinion piece discusses how Jerry Brown’s California is moving toward carbon-free electricity as President Trump’s Washington beds down with the fossil fuel lobby. We stand with California.
People who worry about climate change have been in a state of high anxiety about President Trump’s ignorance about the […]
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Studies: ‘A hot drought’: Warming is driving much of the Colorado River’s decline, scientists say
This article discusses how warming is driving much of the Colorado River’s decline, scientists say.
Since 2000, the amount of water flowing in the Colorado River has dropped 19 percent below the average of the past century, a decline that has left the Southwest on the brink of a water […]
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California’s destructive summer brings blunt talk about climate change
This article discusses how the current heat wave just might be waking up non-believers to climate change.
California has been getting hotter for some time, but July was in a league of its own. The intense heat fueled fires across the state, from San Diego County to Redding, that have […]
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Study: Death Valley breaks own record for hottest month ever recorded on Earth
This article discusses just how hot Death Valley has gotten – California’s Death Valley just broke its own record for hottest month on Earth since record-keeping began.
The desert region averaged 108.1 degrees last month, a half-degree increase from its record average in July 2017, according to The Washington Post. Last July’s […]
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A dozen fires and explosions at Colorado oil and gas facilities in 8 months since fatal blast in Firestone
This article discusses how new pipeline rules are being proposed in Colorado, but they don’t deal with fatalities from oil and gas industry fires and explosions.
At least a dozen explosions and fires have occurred along Colorado oil and gas industry pipelines in the eight months since two men […]
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So Much Fracking Gas! A Ballot Initiative to Protect Coloradans
This article discusses the Sierra Club ballot initiative in Colorado to not allow fracking wells closer than 2,500 feet from where people live and work.