climate change
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Colorado River named most endangered US waterway
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The mighty Colorado River just got a blow to its reputation: The nation’s sixth longest waterway, which winds through seven Southwest states and provides drinking water for 40 million people, is the most endangered river in the country. American Rivers, a national conservation organization, crowned the Colorado River with the unwelcome designation Monday, blaming climate change-driven…
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Colorado Senate passes tax incentives for low-emission heat pumps, building materials
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The Colorado Senate passed legislation Wednesday to create tax incentives for heat pumps and environmentally-friendly building materials in an attempt to lower the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. If enacted, Senate Bill 51 would establish a sales tax exemption for low-emission heat pumps and building materials including green concrete, recycled steel and composite wood products. The…
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West megadrought worsens to driest in at least 1,200 years
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The American West’s megadrought deepened so much last year that it is now the driest in at least 1,200 years and is a worst-case climate change scenario playing out live, a new study finds. A dramatic drying in 2021 – about as dry as 2002 and one of the driest years ever recorded for the…
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Heavy snowfall in late December, early January produces rare optimism from water watchers
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Snowfalls in late December and early January have resulted in some of the best snowpack conditions the state has seen in at least three years, according to state and federal water experts. The Water Availability Task Force, a coalition of state and federal water and climate experts, as well as local water providers, reviewed the…
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Could decomposing corn be global warming strategy?
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Scientists who are developing a process for extracting carbon from the air and sequestering it for thousands or possibly tens of thousands of years are competing for the $100 million XPRIZE for “tackling the biggest threat facing humanity – fighting climate change and rebalancing Earth’s carbon cycle.” The competition is funded by Elon Musk and…
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Polis to congressional panel: Climate change is ‘an existential threat’
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BOULDER ? Colorado Gov. Jared Polis told a congressional climate-change committee’s field hearing Thursday that he considers global warming to be “existential threat to our security, our health, our economy, our public lands and eco-systems and our very way of life.” Polis was the lead speaker in a morning of testimony taken at the University…
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Colorado’s Neguse named to House climate panel (VIDEOS)
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U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse of Colorado — who has made combating climate change a key issue of his first term in Congress — was named a member Thursday of a new U.S. House of Representatives committee on climate formed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Neguse, D-Boulder, is one of eight Democrats named to the House Select…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Polygamous group lets go of sprawling Arizona worship center
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ARIZONA Polygamous group lets go of sprawling worship center A polygamous group based on the Utah-Arizona border is letting go of the sprawling building where its members worshipped, in the latest sign that the sect run by imprisoned leader Warren Jeffs is crumbling and losing control of the community it ruled for a century. The…
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Presidential hopefuls pushed to go big on climate change
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WASHINGTON – Environmental activists are ramping up a pressure campaign designed to drum up Democratic support for a sweeping agenda to fight climate change, with the 2020 presidential campaign in their sights. Hundreds of young demonstrators are planning to turn out Monday on Capitol Hill to push Democrats on a package of ambitious environmental goals…
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Gardner wins science prize; environmentalists holler
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U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado picked up a science award from the American Geophysical Union this week, and environmentalists are gobsmacked. The Colorado Republican received the award with Democratic Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan for their work on bipartisan legislation to advance science policy. “Sens. Gary Peters and Cory Gardner were selected for their…
