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Oil and gas permitting in national forests may get easier

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On Tuesday Sept. 1, the Trump administration published a proposed rule-making that could open up the 193 million acres of National Forest Service lands...

Clear the air

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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...

Bearing witness

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A stocky Western bluebird makes his home in a nest box.  The tenant’s glimmering blue suit, interrupted by a rusted vest, catches Mary Young’s attention,...

Grasshopper invasion?

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Grasshoppers. Coming soon to a field, garden or yard near you. Eating everything of plant material, including cotton T-shirts on clothes lines. Or so rumor has it. It came up at my book club meeting, where a couple of members said they heard about it recently on ...

How to save the economy and climate together

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The warnings are stark. With the COVID-19 crisis wreaking global havoc and the overheating atmosphere threatening far worse in the long term, especially if...

Nature bats last

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The coronavirus pandemic has made humans think a lot about animals. Take, for instance, the deluge of foster home applications that hit animal shelters...

Water footprints

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Costa Rican beer company Imperial made a bold statement last month with the announcement of “the world’s first and only water positive beer.” It’s...

Fried fish, smothered fish

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First thing every morning, Ryan Votta walks across the Durango Fish Hatchery campus and over to the isolation unit. Before stepping inside, he disinfects...

Just another plant

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In five test fields across the state, hemp plants are pushing toward the sun in the nation’s first hemp seed certification program. The global...

Predicting seasons of the sun

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Although you might take it for granted that the sun is extremely stable over time, the star at the center of our solar system...

Rooting for change

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When Elizabeth Black was a kid growing up in Hawaii, she spent her days running without shoes between the banyan trees, sometimes as large...

More countries opt to phase out oil production

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A growing number of governments are choosing to phase out oil production, reasoning that cutting the availability of fossil fuels can help cut the...