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Logging plan in Alaskan old growth forest faces resistance
20+ hour, 57+ min ago (304+ words) Conservationists are pushing back on a massive old-growth logging plan by the U.S. Forest Service, which would carve new roads through thousands of acres of Alaska's Tongass National Forest. The agency said the plan will revitalize the logging industry and improve…...
Can a dam expansion hold back climate considerations on the Colorado River?
20+ hour, 57+ min ago (1550+ words) Is climate change enough justification to stop the expansion of a reservoir that will take more water from the dwindling Colorado River? That’s exactly what a 2024 district court opinion ruled, in a major win for the environmental groups. “We believe…...
Arizona to bear the brunt of Colorado River cuts for two years as long-term talks continue
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (649+ words) Arizona and the other Lower Basin states will bear the brunt of cuts to Colorado River water over the next two years, while they continue to negotiate a longer-term agreement with the Upper Basin, the federal government announced Friday morning....
Commentary - Want to do something about climate change? Talk about it
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (793+ words) Two-thirds of Americans are worried about climate change, but many don’t realize how they can play a significant role in climate action — at least, not yet. Hayhoe, a professor at Texas Tech University, is known for both her research and…...
As litigation looms and drought takes its toll, state officials defiant over Colorado River???s future
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (1026+ words) Routt County rancher Philip Rossi knew as early as January of this year — as the Flat Tops range above the Yampa River basin sat largely bare of snow — that 2026 would be a difficult water year. “You can just feel it,…...
Vast scale of wildfire threats to Colorado watersheds far exceeds funding
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (1182+ words) High on a ridgeline near the headwaters of the Yampa River, a ditch dug more than a century ago snakes for miles through the rugged terrain of the Routt National Forest, shepherding water from the Yamcolo Reservoir across a 9,000-foot-high…...
When smoke, smog and dust roll in, a few precautions can help you breathe cleaner
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (531+ words) Smoky skies have teamed up with ozone pollution and dust storms over the Great Salt Lake for a many-sided assault on air quality this summer. Wildfire smoke has cleared away for now, but it may be just a matter of…...
California, federal bills aim to reform rules on recycled content
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (326+ words) The issue of truth in advertising when it comes to recycled plastic is getting more attention at the state and federal levels. Assembly Bill 2253, now before the state Senate, would ban certain accounting methods used to establish what counts as…...
Scientists define a new category of heat wave:???Snow eaters???
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (344+ words) This story was originally published by Grist. Matthew LaPlante doesn’t have to go to a lab to see his research in action. On some mornings, he can just look out his own window in the mountains high above Salt Lake…...
Conflicts of interest swirl around Colorado climate case
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (757+ words) More than two dozen organizations writing briefs for a pivotal U.S. Supreme Court case on the future of climate change had ties to fossil-fuel linked companies, according to a new report. Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit advocacy group based out of California,…...