Click on image above to enlarge According to a new report released last week pollution from oil and gas operations in Colorado will cause over $13 billion in damages this decade which is 1.5 times the total taxes and fees… Read More ›
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Biden set to approve Uinta Basin Railway
Biden Administration paves way for railway that will quadruple oil production in Utah’s Uinta Basin “President Biden should be doing everything in his power to respond to the climate emergency, but he’s about to light one of the nation’s biggest… Read More ›
WildEarth Guardians calls for major shift in wildfire policy
Emphasis must be on protecting homes and communities, not more logging and road building across National Forest System lands “The overarching factor causing some wildfires to burn faster and longer is undoubtedly the climate crisis. The exacerbating influence of megadroughts,… Read More ›
Colorado River is America’s most endangered river
American Rivers Announces America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2022 Climate change, injustice threaten rivers and communities nationwide Report identifies solutions, calls for urgent action on ten endangered rivers “All life on this planet depends on clean, flowing rivers, so when… Read More ›
Lawsuit challenges Utah rail line approval
Environmental groups and Eagle County join in a lawsuit targeting the federal OK of railway that will quadruple oil production in Utah’s Uinta Basin The Surface Transportation Board (STB) approved the Uinta Basin Railway (UBR) on December 15, 2021. The… Read More ›
2022: climate crisis is here
The ongoing impacts of climate change have affected humans, animals, and plant life across the US and all over the world. In Colorado more than a decade of drought, wildfires, and dangerous air pollution levels have plagued us. This winter… Read More ›
WMO report warns humanity on “verge of the abyss”
The warning came alongside the release of the World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Global Climate in 2020, which said it was one of the three warmest years on record. By Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres… Read More ›
Water use for fracking has risen by up to 770 percent since 2011
DURHAM, NC — The amount of water used per well for hydraulic fracturing surged by up to 770 percent between 2011 and 2016 in all major U.S. shale gas and oil production regions, a new Duke University study finds. The… Read More ›
Fracking puts water sources at risk in Texas and Colorado
Map: Competition for Water in U.S. Shale Energy Development New Data: Water Use In Hydraulic Fracturing A Key Risk In Water-Stressed Regions In Texas And Colorado Water Use Per Well Doubles Even as Production Declines, Increasing Wastewater Disposal Risks New… Read More ›
Colorado River: Lifeblood of the West
Heather Rousseau is a second year graduate student in the Visual Communication program at Ohio University. She decided to leave her job as Chief Photographer at the Aspen Daily News to study multimedia, environmental sustainability, and grow as a visual… Read More ›