Environment
12/20/2012
Tree recycling planned for after Christmas
Posted 9:25 AM 12/20/2012 by Greg Boyce
Pueblo city and county residents can drop off their Christmas trees at no cost from Saturday, January 5 through Saturday, January 19 at Vision Recycled Aggregate located at 195 Vision Lane off of East 4th Street. The facility is open between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
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12/19/2012
Ecuador volcano blasts lava high above crater
Posted 9:13 AM 12/19/2012 by Lauren Molenburg
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Volcano monitors say Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano shot lava a half mile (1 kilometer) above its crater overnight and blasted hot rock and gas nearly 2 miles (3 kilometers) down its flank. The regional director for the government's emergency agency is Lourdes (More)
12/18/2012
Source of persistent Gulf sheen remains a mystery
Posted 4:17 PM 12/18/2012 by Matt Stafford
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Officials say underwater inspections at the site of BP's Deepwater Horizon rig disaster have failed to identify the source of a persistent sheen on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. The Coast Guard said Tuesday that the recent inspections confirmed BP's Macondo (More)
Solar boosts German renewable energy in 2012
12/17/2012
Fiji islands feel wrath of storm
Posted 6:49 PM 12/17/2012 by Joe Bevans
SUVA, Fiji (AP) - Fiji residents are beginning to clean up after a powerful cyclone blew through the Pacific island nation. Cyclone Evan on Monday ripped roofs from homes and churches, flooded roads and forced thousands to evacuate their homes. Strong seas near the capital, Suva, pulled two (More)
NASA names moon crash site after Sally Ride
12/16/2012
National Parks face deep cuts if US goes of 'fiscal cliff'
Posted 11:36 AM 12/16/2012 by Matt Stafford
DENVER (AP) - The National Park Service is trying to find at least an 8 percent cut in spending in case Congress fails to reach a decision on the "fiscal cliff." The Denver Post reports Colorado, home to 17 National Park Service properties, could see cuts that impact the state's (More)
12/13/2012
New EPA rule lowers risk for 'Good Samaritans'
Posted 9:12 AM 12/13/2012 by Garrett Boyd
DENVER (AP) - Volunteers who want to clean up thousands of polluted mine sites across the West will now face less legal risk. The Environmental Protection Agency released a rule Wednesday saying that so-called "Good Samaritans" who try to clean toxic runoff from abandoned mines are (More)
Curtailing emissions tests could save millions
12/12/2012
Western water report being released in Las Vegas
Posted 8:44 AM 12/12/2012 by Adam Atchison
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Rising demand and falling supply are spurring talk in the arid West of outside-the-box ideas like piping water from the nation's heartland and towing Arctic icebergs south to help thirsty U.S. cities like Denver, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Phoenix. Faced with ongoing (More)
12/10/2012
Event offers drought advice for cattle ranchers
Posted 9:16 AM 12/10/2012 by Lauren Molenburg
MCCOOK, Neb. (AP) - Ranchers can get advice on managing their cattle herds during drought at the next tri-state cow-calf symposium and trade show in January. The free biannual event will be held in McCook on Jan. 8. The event is a cooperative effort of universities in Nebraska, Kansas (More)
12/7/2012
Groups back EPA, try to join WV farmer lawsuit
Posted 8:56 AM 12/7/2012 by Lauren Molenburg
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Several environmental groups want a federal judge to let them join a lawsuit by a West Virginia chicken grower who is challenging new water-pollution rules aimed at cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay watershed. U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey has already (More)
12/6/2012
Study: Western ecosystems offset carbon emissions
Posted 4:09 PM 12/6/2012 by Tony Spehar
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A new study estimates that ecosystems in the western U.S. absorb and contain nearly 100 million tons of atmospheric carbon each year.The Interior Department said Thursday that's nearly 5 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. In other words, ecosystems in the (More)
12/4/2012
Lion ranges, populations dropping in Africa
Posted 9:33 AM 12/4/2012 by Lauren Molenburg
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A new study says the lions that roam Africa's savannahs have lost as much as 75 percent of their habitat in less than 50 years. Researchers at Duke University warn that the number of lions across the continent have dropped to as few as 32,000, with populations in (More)
12/3/2012
New Zealand: forget Kyoto, write new climate deal
Posted 10:12 AM 12/3/2012 by Lauren Molenburg
DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Highlighting a rift between the rich countries and emerging economies like China, New Zealand's climate minister staunchly defended his government's decision to drop out of the emissions pact for developed nations, saying it's an outdated and insufficient response to global (More)
11/30/2012
Lesser prairie chicken may get threatened listing
Posted 10:13 AM 11/30/2012 by Lauren Molenburg
DENVER (AP) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it is considering formally listing the lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species. Friday's announcement begins a yearlong review that will include public meetings in four of the five states where the member of the prairie (More)
Rangers using TV to keep an eye on elk near Aspen
11/29/2012
Drought threatens to close Mississippi to barges
Posted 1:15 PM 11/29/2012 by JD Downing
ST. LOUIS (AP) - After months of drought, companies that ship grain and other goods down the Mississippi River are being haunted by a potential nightmare: If water levels fall too low, the nation's main inland waterway could become impassable to barges just as the harvest heads to market.
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