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Politicians, not markets, slow new energy dawn
Often blamed for society’s problems, politicians have now been brought to book for the slow take-up of renewable forms of energy.
These are now so...
Butterfly Pavilion spreads its wings
Flocks of painted lady butterflies flew to Colorado last month, in what Butterfly Pavilion CEO, Patrick Tennyson, calls an “explosion” of the pollinator species....
Building change through changing buildings
On Jan. 26, 2001 the ground of Gujarat, India shook for more than 2 minutes. The earthquake killed between 13,000 and 20,000 people, injured...
Local nonprofit provides clean water in Malawi
Sitting in class, studying for a bachelors’ degree in business at the University of Kansas, Heidi Rickels felt her heart beating faster every time...
We looked for some of the hottest places in California. We...
The first time ProPublica traveled to Thermal, California, in June 2020, the temperature happened to be 114 degrees, and we felt stupefied, literally unable...
Clear the air
Colorado is making progress to clean emissions spewing from its roads and highways.
The Colorado Clean Car standard, adopted on Oct. 20 by the Air...
One person’s trash, another’s craft supplies
If you take the gear off your bike and hold it up to the light, you may be taken aback by the beauty of...
The best possible compromise
After years of requests from the wind energy industry, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) will now be able to issue wind energy...
A CLIMATE JUSTICE REACTION TO THE COP21 AGREEMENT
What is the most important thing you’ve done in your life? Be a good parent to your kids? Adopt an abused animal? Be a teacher...
U.N. calls lethal Brazil dam burst a crime
The latest Brazil dam burst happened on Jan. 26 in the town of Brumadinho in the central state of Minas Gerais, less than a...
Nature bats last
The coronavirus pandemic has made humans think a lot about animals. Take, for instance, the deluge of foster home applications that hit animal shelters...
With rain barrels legal, what’s next for conservation?
As of last Wednesday, Coloradans can finally legally collect rainwater from their roof. It’s a small victory in the effort to manage water more...
