Eco-Briefs
PA announces new regulations on methane emissions; Astronomers have found evidence...
PA announces new regulations on methane emissions
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced new rules to cut methane pollution from the oil and gas sector across...
Drought lessons from Colorado
In March 2016, the Obama administration released another piece of its plan to mitigate the impacts of climate change. The Long-term Drought Resilience Plan...
Low-cost solar observatory; New Superfund sites
Test flight of low-cost miniature solar observatory
The Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) tested its Solar Instrument Pointing Platform (SSIPP) on Aug. 29, in San Antonio,...
Genetic change in hatchery fish; new Xenoturbella
Fish hatcheries cause massive genetic changes after a single generation
A study by Oregon State University and the Oregon Department of Fisheries and Wildlife has...
Eco-briefs | Colorado third among top LEED states
The U.S. Green Building Council has announced the top 10 states for new Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certifications in 2012, and Colorado landed third on the per-capita list...
Curing cancer; Plant diversity decreasing
Cell division research could stop cancer
According to the National Institutes of Health, 1.5 million people in the United States are diagnosed with cancer each...
Eco-briefs | Xcel Energy: Turn dead trees into a power source
XCEL ENERGY: TURN DEAD TREES INTO A POWER SOURCE...
ECO BRIEFS | Week of February 06
The National Park Experience will premier its film, Love in the Tetons, on Feb. 8 at eTown Hall in Boulder. The goal of the film series, National Park Experience, is to revive the adoration for national parks through true and diverse stories of people’s ...
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RESEARCHERS TAKE A STEP FORWARD IN THE QUEST TO CREATE A USABLE, HIGH ENERGY BIO-FUEL...
Obama declares state of emergency in Flint Water crisis; Colorado...
Obama declares state of emergency in Flint Water crisis
President Obama declared a state of emergency last week in response to the ongoing water crisis...
Eco-briefs | Breweries unite with nonprofit to promote awareness of water...
The Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC), a nonprofit environmental advocacy group, is joining forces with more than 20 craft breweries to campaign for clean water...