Tag: environment
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Global warming cooks up ‘a different world’ over 3 decades
SALIDA, Colo.— We were warned. On June 23, 1988, a sultry day in Washington, James Hansen told Congress and the world that global warming wasn’t approaching — it had already arrived. The testimony of the top NASA scientist, said Rice University historian Douglas Brinkley, was “the opening salvo of the age of climate change.” Thirty…
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Sunday rainfall in Colorado Springs did little to combat wildfire risk or boost local water reserves
Many Colorado Springs residents likely welcomed Sunday’s cooling rain, but it didn’t quell the region’s ever-rising wildfire risk or boost Colorado Springs Utilities’ water reserves. The Colorado Springs Airport received about a quarter-inch of rain, while the Black Forest got up to an inch, as moisture arrived from Tropical Storm Bud, which hit California last…
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Sunday rainfall in Colorado Springs did little to combat wildfire risk or boost local water reserves
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Many Colorado Springs residents likely welcomed Sunday’s cooling rain, but it didn’t quell the region’s ever-rising wildfire risk or boost Colorado Springs Utilities’ water reserves. The Colorado Springs Airport received about a quarter-inch of rain,…
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Global warming cooks up ‘a different world’ over 3 decades
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SALIDA, Colo.— We were warned. On June 23, 1988, a sultry day in Washington, James Hansen told Congress and the world that global warming wasn’t approaching — it had already arrived. The testimony of the top NASA scientist, said Rice University historian Douglas Brinkley, was…
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EPA lays out 1st steps to clean up southwest Colorado mines
DENVER — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has come up with an interim plan to hold back toxic heavy metals that spill into rivers from old southwestern Colorado mining sites. The proposal released Thursday calls for taking short-term cleanup steps while the EPA searches for a more permanent solution under the Superfund program. The interim plan focuses…
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Drought-stricken El Paso County designated a primary natural disaster area
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday designated drought-stricken El Paso County a primary natural disaster area, making agricultural producers eligible for emergency loans. The agricultural producers “who suffered losses and damages caused by a…
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EPA lays out 1st steps to clean up southwest Colorado mines
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has come up with an interim plan to hold back toxic heavy metals that spill into rivers from old southwestern Colorado mining sites. The proposal released Thursday calls for taking…
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Drought-stricken El Paso County designated a primary natural disaster area
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday designated drought-stricken El Paso County a primary natural disaster area, making agricultural producers eligible for emergency loans. The agricultural producers “who suffered losses and damages caused by a recent drought” can apply for the Farm Service Agency’s emergency loans until Feb. 4. Much of El Paso County is…
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Antarctica melting at rapid speed, raising sea levels
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON — The melting of Antarctica is accelerating at an alarming rate, with about 3 trillion tons of ice disappearing since 1992, an international team of ice experts said in a new study. In the…
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Antarctica melting at rapid speed, raising sea levels
WASHINGTON — The melting of Antarctica is accelerating at an alarming rate, with about 3 trillion tons of ice disappearing since 1992, an international team of ice experts said in a new study. In the last quarter century, the southern-most continent’s ice sheet — a key indicator of climate change — melted into enough water…