Tag: environment
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Crash near Rifle spills 4,000 gallons of oil, driver of one car leaves scene
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A two-vehicle collision Tuesday morning caused a leak of about 4,000 gallons of crude oil on the Colorado 13 bypass near the Rifle city limits and authorities are searching for one of the drivers. “The…
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To the pleasure of Colorado’s outdoor industry, Forest Service promises simpler public lands access
DENVER – From the day in 1996 that he took over Angler’s Covey in Colorado Springs, David Leinweber has longed to take customers on fishing trips to small streams along the South Platte River. But he’s been denied by the landowner, the U.S. Forest Service. “If you wanted to go, and you wanted to hire…
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Algae treatment kills hundreds of fish in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save JOHNSTOWN — Colorado Parks and Wildlife is investigating Johnstown officials after their attempt to treat an algae outbreak left nearly 1,000 fish dead. The Greeley Tribune reports that Parks and Wildlife spokeswoman Jennifer Churchill says…
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Algae treatment kills hundreds of fish in Colorado
JOHNSTOWN — Colorado Parks and Wildlife is investigating Johnstown officials after their attempt to treat an algae outbreak left nearly 1,000 fish dead. The Greeley Tribune reports that Parks and Wildlife spokeswoman Jennifer Churchill says a worker put a copper sulfate into the town’s reservoir this summer to treat the algae. She says chemical ended…
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Prediction: Colorado’s Front Range likely to see more 100-degree days and severe storms as climate changes
Denver and other cities along Colorado’s Front Range are likely to see more hotter days each year, including an average of seven days with temperatures exceeding 100 degrees, according to climate analyses commissioned by city and state agencies. The three analyses by the Louisville-based Rocky Mountain Climate Organization, released Thursday morning, also predict, with less…
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Prediction: Colorado’s Front Range likely to see more 100-degree days and severe storms as climate changes
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver and other cities along Colorado’s Front Range are likely to see more hotter days each year, including an average of seven days with temperatures exceeding 100 degrees, according to climate analyses commissioned by city…
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1 down, 2 to go: Drake power plant units’ demise being planned
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Editor’s note: This article has been updated to clarify and correct some details. Unit 5 is pretty much history at the coal-fired Martin Drake Power Plant, and the next issue is how soon Unit 6…
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Colorado Springs parks, turf and trees’ thirst requires more water money
Colorado Springs’ parks, grass and trees need more water. About $450,000 worth of water. And they need it soon, a parks manager told the Utilities Board on Wednesday. Water costs paid to Utilities have escalated, said Kurt Schroeder, park operations and development manager. While the Parks Recreation and Cultural Services’ budget was slashed by 80…
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Colorado Springs parks, turf and trees’ thirst requires more water money
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs’ parks, grass and trees need more water. About $450,000 worth of water. And they need it soon, a parks manager told the Utilities Board on Wednesday. Water costs paid to Utilities have escalated,…
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Stephen Hawking, 375 scientists slam Trump for threatening to abandon Paris climate accord
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Earlier this year, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump sparked the ire of scientists and climate activists when he vowed to “cancel the Paris climate agreement” once in office. Now, hundreds of U.S. scientists, including famed…