Tag: environment
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Hawaii just banned your favorite sunscreen to protect its coral reefs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save From Banana Boat to Coppertone, major sunscreen brands will soon have to revamp their products or stop selling them in Hawaii. State lawmakers passed legislation in May that would ban skin-care companies from selling and distributing sunscreens on the islands that contain two chemicals deemed…
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EPA accelerates cleanup of Pueblo Superfund neighborhoods
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PUEBLO — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will accelerate the cleanup of three Pueblo neighborhoods that were contaminated by a smelter. The agency said Friday it will increase funding for the Colorado Smelter Superfund site to as much as $15 million a year,…
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Wind energy the new ‘cash crop’ for Colorado farmers
For more than a century, Jan and Virgil Kochis’ family has farmed wheat, corn and other cash crops on 10,000 acres of pasture and farmland near Matheson in Elbert County. It’s the only lifestyle they know, they said. So when crop prices started to plummet, the Kochises turned to a resource that is breathing new…
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Wind energy the new ‘cash crop’ for Colorado farmers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For more than a century, Jan and Virgil Kochis’ family has farmed wheat, corn and other cash crops on 10,000 acres of pasture and farmland near Matheson in Elbert County. It’s the only lifestyle they know, they said. So when crop prices started to plummet,…
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Alaska city honors Guardsmen killed in crash after ’64 quake
ANCHORAGE, Alaska • A month after the second most powerful earthquake was recorded, the Alaska port community of Valdez remained in ruins. A hulking Alaska National Guard cargo plane’s mission April 25, 1964, was to deliver Gov. William Egan to oversee efforts to rebuild the town on a new site after the magnitude 9.2 earthquake.…
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Alaska city honors Guardsmen killed in crash after ’64 quake
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Former Colorado Springs City Manager calls for shutting coal-fired Martin Drake Power Plant
Acknowledging health concerns took a back seat to keeping costs down while he was Colorado Springs city manager, Jim Mullen this week joined those calling for closing the coal-fired Martin Drake Power Plant as soon as possible. When he served as city manager from 1996 to 2001, Mullen said the mantra whenever anyone asked about…
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Former Colorado Springs City Manager calls for shutting coal-fired Martin Drake Power Plant
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Acknowledging health concerns took a back seat to keeping costs down while he was Colorado Springs city manager, Jim Mullen this week joined those calling for closing the coal-fired Martin Drake Power Plant as soon as possible. When he served as city manager from 1996…
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Hundreds of fish killed in last week’s devastating hailstorm in El Paso County
Last week’s devastating hailstorm, which damaged thousands of homes and vehicles in El Paso County, also killed more than 500 fish of eight species in Fountain Creek Regional Park’s Duckwood Pond. The fish didn’t die from hailstones, but from quickly changing temperatures and oxygen levels during the storm, officials say. The worst overnight storm in…
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Hundreds of fish killed in last week’s devastating hailstorm in El Paso County
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Last week’s devastating hailstorm, which damaged thousands of homes and vehicles in El Paso County, also killed more than 500 fish of eight species in Fountain Creek Regional Park’s Duckwood Pond. The fish didn’t die…