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Climate change clobbers Colorado and the West, unfurling fire, drought, insects and heat
This article discusses how the West will be affected by climate change – it will not be good. As U.S. government steps out, Colorado scientists and Gov.-elect Jared Polis aim to aid adaptation scramble.
Fires burn more frequently and uncontrollably, ravaging the West’s pines, firs and spruces, destroying lives and buildings.
Multiplying […]
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Another DeSmogBlog Entry
This link discusses:
‘Time is Running Out,’ American Petroleum Institute Chief Said in 1965 Speech on Climate Change
In Southwest Texas, the Fracking Industry Encroaches on Small Towns, Remote Wilderness, and Clear Skies
Pick Your Poison: The Fracking Industry’s Wastewater Injection Well Problem
US Donors Gave $177k to UK […]
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After community uproar in Colorado, company withdraws all Rocky Flats fracking permits
This article discusses a company’s withdrawal of fracking permit requests in the face of significant resistance from local anti-fracking activists. The company wanted to frack for oil and gas close to the former nuclear weapons facility.
In a press release issued this afternoon, Highland Natural Resources has announced that they […]
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California blasts Trump proposal to freeze fuel-efficiency standards as ‘flawed’ and ‘illegal’
This article discusses California’s response to the Trump proposal to freeze fuel-efficiency standards.
California officials on Friday plan to submit a 400-page repudiation of the Trump administration’s proposal to freeze fuel-efficiency standards for the nation’s cars and trucks through 2026, calling it a deeply flawed, disingenuous effort that will harm […]
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In Alaska, everyone’s grappling with climate change
This article discusses how, in Alaska, everyone’s grappling with climate change.
Coastal villages are washing into the Bering Sea, trees are sprouting in the tundra and shipping lanes are opening in an ocean that was once locked in ice. In Alaska, climate change isn’t a distant or abstract concern.
As a climate […]
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California and climate change – what to expect
This article discusses California and climate change – what to expect. The state’s newly-released climate change assessment offers some sobering clues.
State’s common companions: wildfire and drought
Wildfire and drought are common companions in California. The consequences of living in an arid landscape, which has grown drier as global temperatures increase, have piled […]
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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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