I’ve been asking myself a question – and even posing it makes me queasy. Is it too late – are we beyond saving? As a culture and a polity, when it comes to climate change, have we arrived at a … Continued
Colorado ranks 21st in the United States when it comes to being environmentally friendly, that according to the website WalletHub, which released a study on Monday about the most environmentally friendly states. The website did rank Colorado as the No. … Continued
Last summer, during the deadliest wildfire season in California’s history, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes got into a revealing Twitter discussion about why US television doesn’t much cover climate change. Elon Green, an editor at Longform, had tweeted, “Sure would be nice if … Continued
The degree to which climate change threatens the ecosystems of the Earth and societies around the world has been an ongoing subject of debate – and sometimes protest. For Earth Day we take stock of U.S. public opinion about climate change, … Continued
Nearly 50 years after 20 million Americans participated in the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, more than 190 countries mark the annual day for raising awareness of environmental causes. And the stakes only grow as the years go by. … Continued
In the BBC programme Climate Change – The Facts , the veteran broadcaster outlined the scale of the crisis facing the planet. Sir David said we face “irreversible damage to the natural world and the collapse of our societies”. But there … Continued
The Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan is now officially law. Following congressional action earlier this month, President Donald J. Trump on Tuesday signed the Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan Authorization Act, which directs the Secretary of the Interior to execute … Continued
A story in The New York Times Magazine’s current issue on the economics of climate change highlights the work of Richard Heede, director of the Climate Accountability Institute in Snowmass, Colorado. Allen Best, writing inMountain Town News, further unpacks how Heede’s data could be pivotal … Continued
While some conservation leaders were celebrating, turns out quite a few others were wondering why Colorado got so severely short-changed in the wilderness-protection arena with the passage this week of the Natural Resources Management Act. Seriously, states like neighboring Utah, which lost the … Continued
Alamosa city councilors and staff are willing to join the fight against the latest water export proposal, they told water leader Cleave Simpson during a recent work session. Simpson is the general manager of the Rio Grande Water Conservation District, which … Continued