Eco-Briefs
Dam releases dirty energy; CSU continues to study methane
Dam releases dirty energy
The U.S. Department of the Interior released its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) regarding the Glen Canyon Dam, admitting the dam...
Saving bison; Free trade palm oil
Wild ‘N Free event focuses on saving bison
Hundreds of bison are removed every year from the Yellowstone area in what land managers say is...
Light pollution; Fracking regs shut down
Night sky becomes light sky
A new map of the sky reveals that light pollution is so prevalent, most Americans can’t see the Milky...
Water rights in Aspen; Lawsuit in Peru
Damming the beauty of Aspen
Faced with concern over a growing population and rising temperatures due to climate change, Aspen City Council recently voted to...
Climate outlook; The Ogallala Aquifer
Climate outlook projects warm, wet spring likely for much of Colorado and the West
After announcing that February 2016 was “probably” the warmest month globally...
Banning uranium mining; Dropping grid-use fee
Colorado rally adds to voices calling to ban uranium mining in the Grand Canyon
On Aug. 23 in Fort Collins, environmentalists from Environment Colorado joined...
El Nino and the Colorado; India’s solar program
Colorado River below average despite strong El Nino
Water levels and rainfall for the Colorado River basin were below-average in January and February, and will...
Reacting to climate change; Banning fracking in Latin America
How species could react to a changing climate
New research from scientists at the University of Wisconsin Madison and Aarhus University in Denmark shows where...
Bill Aims to Strengthen Colorado’s Climate Plan
On Feb. 10, 2016, the Colorado House of Representatives narrowly passed a bill aimed at strengthening the state’s climate plan. Unveiled in September 2015,...
Bomb-sniffing spinach; Religious leaders and the environment
Tapping into chemical pathways
According to a study in the journal Nature Materials, scientists have nanoengineered a spinach plant that is able to detect the...
U.S. ivory laws; Aerial seed bombing
Most ivory sales now illegal in United States
On June 2 President Obama signed a measure introduced by the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that...
Vanishing ice; Planting trees
Putting numbers to vanishing ice
A paper published in Geographical Review in July announced the development of a database for all research about sea ice...
