Tag: environment
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Global warming is shrinking glaciers faster than thought
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON — Earth’s glaciers are melting much faster than scientists thought. A new study shows they are losing 369 billion tons of snow and ice each year, more than half of that in North America. The most comprehensive measurement of glaciers worldwide found that thousands…
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Longer ski season at Breckenridge raises wildlife concerns
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BRECKENRIDGE — If Breckenridge’s open space has a crown jewel, it’s Cucumber Gulch, the most ecologically diverse property in town. The 117-acre, town-owned wildlife preserve houses over 70 acres of rare wetlands so treasured, yet sensitive, that the area is off-limits every year from the…
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Longer ski season at Breckenridge raises wildlife concerns
BRECKENRIDGE — If Breckenridge’s open space has a crown jewel, it’s Cucumber Gulch, the most ecologically diverse property in town. The 117-acre, town-owned wildlife preserve houses over 70 acres of rare wetlands so treasured, yet sensitive, that the area is off-limits every year from the end of April until the first Monday after the Fourth…
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BIDLACK | What the country really needs is a Green Manhattan Project
I hate it when this happens — I find myself mostly in agreement with the Colorado Springs Gazette’s March 28 editorial, though not entirely. The Gazette’s op/ed page tends to run to the, well, can we just say “conservative” and leave it at that? Over the years, I’ve often been offended and/or outraged by the views expressed there. But…
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BIDLACK | What the country really needs is a Green Manhattan Project
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save [inline_image src=”aHR0cHM6Ly9ibG94aW1hZ2VzLm5ld3lvcmsxLnZpcC50b3dubmV3cy5jb20vZ2F6ZXR0ZS5jb20vY29udGVudC90bmNtcy9hc3NldHMvdjMvZWRpdG9yaWFsLzAvNTMvMDUzNjE4MTEtYjQxMS01MGQ3LWFhM2QtMjQyZGQ0ZGU2YWYyLzVkYjA3NjFhNmU2YzMuaW1hZ2UuanBn” alt=”SGFsIEJpZGxhY2s=” caption=”SGFsIEJpZGxhY2s=”] Hal Bidlack I hate it when this happens — I find myself mostly in agreement with the Colorado Springs Gazette’s March 28 editorial, though not entirely. The Gazette’s op/ed page tends to run to the,…
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Bill setting limits on plastic straws dies in Colorado House committee
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Restaurants and bars would have no longer been able to automatically dispense plastic straws under a proposed law that died Monday afternoon in a Colorado House committee. The bill died at the request of the very representative who proposed it: Rep. Susan Lontine, D-Denver. That…
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Bill setting limits on plastic straws dies in Colorado House committee
Restaurants and bars would have no longer been able to automatically dispense plastic straws under a proposed law that died Monday afternoon in a Colorado House committee. The bill died at the request of the very representative who proposed it: Rep. Susan Lontine, D-Denver. That request came after the House Committee on Energy and Environment…
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VIDEO: Learning from the Land | Women in Ranching
A network of women ranchers in the West is pioneering an ethos of nurturing and sustainability across the region. One of these women, Julie Sullivan, is championing these practices in southern Colorado. (Katie Klann/The Gazette)
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Oil and gas poised to fight back over rules and politics
The week after the election, hundreds of members of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association had prime rib and coffee in a ballroom inside the Hilton Denver City Center. It was COGA’s annual luncheon, but it had the feel of a victory party salted with a halftime pep talk. In a political fight over moving…
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Energy company scraps plan for wells near former nuclear site in Colorado
BOULDER — A Colorado town says an oil and gas company is withdrawing its application for some of the wells it wanted to drill near a former nuclear weapons plant south of Boulder. The Boulder Daily Camera reported Tuesday that Highlands Natural Resources Corp. told the town of Superior it would cancel its plans to…