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Climate‐Driven Increases in Stream Metal Concentrations in Mineralized Watersheds Throughout the Colorado Rocky Mountains, USA
2024-08-03 (or before) in Advancing Earth and Space Sciences JournalSulfate, zinc, and copper concentrations are increasing regionally in streams affected by acid rock drainage throughout Colorado Declining streamflows are contributing to increasing concentration...
Tagged under: Pollution | Water Resources | Colorado River | Colorado State
Climate change is behind rising metal and acid pollution in Colorado's mountain rivers
2024-08-02 in wyomingpublicmedia.orgOver the last 30 years, concentrations of toxic metals like zinc and copper have doubled in some of Colorado’s high mountain streams. Researchers blame climate change.
Tagged under: Colorado State | Rivers | Copper | Pollution | Climate Change
There’s a New Financial Crisis Brewing in Uninsurable US Homes
2024-03-06 in BloombergIn places most prone to wildfires and hurricanes, state “insurers of last resort” are absorbing trillions of dollars in risk.
Tagged under: USA | Insurance | Colorado State | Florida
Colorado ranchers sentenced after tampering with rain gauges to increase crop subsidies - CBS Colorado
2024-03-02 in CBS NewsTwo southeastern Colorado ranch owners were recently sentenced to pay $6.6 million to resolve federal charges that they damaged or altered rain gauges in an effort to get paid for worsening drought conditions.
Tagged under: Agriculture | Colorado State | Drought
‘The crisis has arrived’: An elder statesman unpacks the battle over the West's water
2023-12-18 (or before) in PoliticoFormer Interior Secretary Babbitt talks about the big meeting in Las Vegas this week and the kind of concessions needed to save the crucial waterway.
Tagged under: Rivers | Colorado River | Colorado State
20 Calif. farm families use more Colorado River water than some states
2023-11-10 (or before) in Desert SunTens of millions of people rely on Colorado River water. But as its supply shrinks, these farmers get more water from the river than entire states.
Tagged under: Farming | Colorado River | California | Rivers | Colorado State
US States and Communities are Suing the Fossil Fuel Industry: Six Things You Need to Know
2023-04-24 in blog.ucsusa.orgIn an important win for climate accountability in the United States, the US Supreme Court decided that lawsuits filed in Colorado, Maryland, California, Hawai’i, and Rhode Island against fossil fuel companies including ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, Suncor, and others will remain in state courts. Now t
Tagged under: Exxon | California | Shell | Colorado State
US considers imposing Colorado River water cuts to western states
2023-04-11 in The GuardianDepending on the plan, either California would be the most affected, or Arizona and Nevada would be parched
Tagged under: Rivers | Colorado River | California | Colorado State
Biden administration sides with climate lawsuit against fossil fuel companies
2023-03-16 in The GuardianDoJ brief argues that Colorado case against energy giants ExxonMobil and Suncor should be heard in state court instead of federal
Tagged under: Exxon | Fossil Fuels | US Politics | Colorado State
Colorado River: US states fail to reach deal on cutting water use - BBC News
2023-02-01 (or before) in The BBCMore than 40 million people in seven Western states rely on the drought-stricken Colorado River.
Tagged under: Colorado River | Drought | Rivers | Colorado State
A Water War Is Brewing Over the Dwindling Colorado River
2022-12-23 (or before) by in Pro PublicaDiminished by climate change and overuse, the river can no longer provide the water states try to take from it.
Tagged under: Colorado River | Climate Change | Rivers | California | Colorado State
Coal Seam Fire memories still burning a decade later
2022-07-05 (or before) by in postindependent.comGLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Ten years ago today, a wildfire sparked by a burning underground coal seam and pushed by hot, dry gusting winds blew up into a roaring
Tagged under: Colorado State | Wildfires | Coal
Colorado winter wildfires destroy hundreds of homes as thousands flee
2021-12-31 in The GuardianGusts of up to 105 mph whipped up flames, destroying hundreds of homes and prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency
Tagged under: Colorado State | Wildfires
Wildfires sweep through Colorado destroying homes as tens of thousands evacuate – video report
2021-12-31 in The GuardianTwo fast-moving wildfires driven by strong winds erupted in northern Colorado on Thursday afternoon, destroying close to 600 homes and forcing tens of thousands of residents to flee
Tagged under: Colorado State | Wildfires
‘Climate change is fundamentally altering the Colorado River,' congressional panel hears - Colorado Newsline
2021-10-17 in Colorado NewslineStates in the Colorado River Basin are adjusting to the reality that their rights outstrip the available water by nearly one-third.
Tagged under: Colorado River | US Politics | Climate Change | Rivers | Colorado State
Why won't anyone ask why? - by Emily Atkin - HEATED
2021-06-25 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackA Colorado journalist's analysis of local heatwave coverage reveals a systemic failure to inform.
Tagged under: Colorado State | Heatwaves
Colorado Denied Its Citizens the Right-to-Repair After Riveting Testimony
2021-04-05 (or before) in VICEStories of environmental disaster and wheelchairs on fire weren’t enough to move legislators to pass right-to-repair.
Tagged under: Colorado State | Right to Repair
Colorado's record-breaking wildfires show "climate change is here and now" - CBS News
2020-11-04 (or before) in CBS NewsAs bad as this year has been, scientists warn it's "unlikely that the records from 2020 will stand for long."
Tagged under: Colorado State | Wildfires | Climate Change
California and Colorado Fires May Be Part of a Climate-Driven Transformation of Wildfires Around the Globe - Inside Climate News
2020-08-22 by in Inside Climate NewsThe wildfires that exploded over the past few days in California and Colorado show clear influences of global warming, climate scientists say, and evidence of how a warming and drying climate is increasing the size and severity of fires from the California coast to the high Rocky Mountains. They may also be the latest examples […]
Tagged under: Colorado State | Wildfires | Climate Change | California
It's raining plastic: microscopic fibers fall from the sky in Rocky Mountains
2019-08-13 in The GuardianDiscovery raises new questions about the amount of plastic waste permeating the air, water, and soil virtually everywhere on Earth
Tagged under: Microplastics and Nanoplastics | Colorado State
Big Oil spent big and won big in Washington and Colorado
2018-11-08 (or before) in ThinkProgressTagged under: Lobbying | US Politics | Oil Industry | Colorado State | Washington State
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