Environment
1/22/2013
Satellites may be recycled
Posted 11:17 AM 1/22/2013 by Joe Bevans
LOS ANGELES (AP) - It sounds like science fiction: Scavenging defunct communication satellites for their valuable parts and recycling them to build brand new ones for cheap. It's the latest idea from the Pentagon's research wing known for funding blue-sky projects. The Defense Advanced Research (More)
Neb. governor OKs Keystone XL route through state
1/18/2013
21 invasive pythons killed so far in Florida contest
Posted 10:37 AM 1/18/2013 by Lauren Molenburg
IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES (AP) - The man known as "Alligator Ron" has a lifetime of experience in the Florida Everglades, a fleet of airboats at his disposal and knows the habitats of furry prey for large reptiles. He still couldn't lead a pack of hunters to a single Burmese python.
That's (More)
1/16/2013
Newport, Oregon to host wave energy test site
Posted 10:27 AM 1/16/2013 by Lauren Molenburg
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Newport, Ore., has been selected as the site for what its backers call a utility-scale wave energy test site. The city on Oregon's central coast beat out Reedsport to the south for what's called the Pacific Marine Energy Center. A statement from (More)
Forecast for Colorado River: High and dry
1/15/2013
Oxygen halts development of 'Babies' Mamas'
Posted 5:55 PM 1/15/2013 by Alyse Rzemek
NEW YORK (AP) - Oxygen Media has pulled the plug on "All My Babies' Mamas," a reality special the network was developing about a musician who has fathered 11 children with 10 different mothers.
The network offered no reason for curtailing the project. In a statement issued Tuesday (More)
1/10/2013
Court upholds decision on elk thinning in US park
Posted 10:15 AM 1/10/2013 by Lauren Molenburg
DENVER (AP) - A federal appeals court is upholding the National Park Service's decision not to reintroduce wolves to Rocky Mountain National Park to control the elk population. WildEarth Guardians had argued that the Park Service violated environmental laws when it ruled out using (More)
1/9/2013
Court upholds decision on elk thinning in Rocky Mountain Nat. Park
Posted 6:27 PM 1/9/2013 by Matt Stafford
DENVER (AP) - A federal appeals court is upholding the National Park Service's decision not to reintroduce wolves to Rocky Mountain National Park to control the elk population. WildEarth Guardians had argued that the Park Service violated environmental laws when it ruled out using (More)
Drought relief for farmers in 43 Colorado counties
1/8/2013
Temps break records
Posted 2:08 PM 1/8/2013 by Joe Bevans
WASHINGTON (AP) - Government meteorologists say 2012 was by far the hottest year on record in the United States. The average temperature was off the charts at over 55 degrees. That's a full degree warmer than the previous record of 1998. Normally, temperature records are broken by about a tenth (More)
Colorado oil, gas panel continues hearings on rules
1/3/2013
Holiday storms have limited impact on US drought
Posted 9:16 AM 1/3/2013 by Lauren Molenburg
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Holiday storms that pounded much of the nation with snow and rain did little to ease the overall grip of the worst U.S. drought in decades. The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor report released Thursday shows that about 61 percent of the continental U.S. remained in some (More)
Feds say delay worsened oil spill in Yellowstone River
Critics say grounding shows Arctic drilling danger
1/2/2013
Colorado oil, gas regulators complete new draft rules
Posted 8:48 AM 1/2/2013 by Lauren Molenburg
DENVER (AP) - After nearly a year of hearing public input, Colorado oil and gas officials have completed draft regulations aimed at protecting groundwater and reducing the impacts of drilling near homes. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission plans to consider the proposals (More)
12/31/2012
Annual bird counts give scientists climate clues
Posted 11:16 AM 12/31/2012 by Lauren Molenburg
MAD ISLAND, Texas (AP) - Armed with flashlights, recordings of bird calls, a small notebook and a stash of candy bars, scientist Rich Kostecke embarked on an annual 24-hour Christmastime count of birds along the Texas Gulf Coast. Yellow rail. Barn owl. Bittern. Crested Cara-Cara. Kostecke rattled (More)
12/27/2012
Company phasing out microplastics
Posted 5:09 PM 12/27/2012 by Joe Bevans
AMSTERDAM (AP) - Unilever, the maker of Vaseline, Axe deodorants and Dove soaps, among other cosmetic and hygiene products, says it will phase out the use of microplastics by 2015. Many soaps, skin scrubs and shower gels contain microplastics, which are tiny polyethelene beads. Scientists and (More)
Despite snow, Colorado's drought outlook uncertain
College student's turtle project takes dark twist
EPA Administrator Jackson announces resignation
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