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• Colorado Forecasters: Hurricanes' effect on oil unclear

  August 4, 2010 1:12 PM

  Colorado State University forecasters say a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico could affect the direction of the oil spill, but they say little is known about the interaction between storms and oil. Forecasters Phil Klotzbach and William Gray said Wednesday if a hurricane goes west of the spill,... more »

• Telluride considers fee for plastic grocery bags

  June 7, 2010 8:50 AM

  Activists are asking the southwest Colorado resort town of Telluride to require grocery stores to charge customers 25 cents for each single-use plastic bag. Town Council members reacted favorably to the idea at a work session last week and directed town staff to draft an ordinance. The idea... more »

• Hawaii to make eating shark fins illegal

  June 2, 2010 9:11 AM

  The $48-a-plate shark fin has been a favorite dish to celebrate 80th birthdays and fete out of town VIPs since Vienna Hou's Chinese restaurant opened 25 years ago. But Kirin Restaurant customers won't be dining in that style starting July 1, 2011, when Hawaii becomes the first state in... more »

• Colossal squid just a lazy blob, scientists say

  May 11, 2010 9:55 AM

  Measuring longer than a school bus and sporting tentacles covered in razor-sharp hooks, the colossal squid is the stuff of nightmares. However, new research suggests the enormous sea creature may not be the fierce hunter of legend. This finding not only upends science's understanding of the squid itself, but... more »

• Oil slick as big as Rhode Island and growing

  April 27, 2010 1:20 PM

  The Coast Guard said Tuesday that an oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico caused by last week's rig explosion was growing. Eleven people are missing and presumed dead since the drilling rig was hit by the blast and then sank about 50 miles off the Louisiana coast. ... more »

• World's largest marine reserve created

  April 2, 2010 9:18 AM

  Britain on Thursday created the world's largest marine reserve by banning fishing around the U.K.-owned archipelago in the Indian Ocean - a cluster of 55 islands across that cover an area larger than California. The move pleased environmentalists but angered exiled Chagos Islanders, who say it creates an obstacle... more »

• Fight against invasive mussels not over

  March 31, 2010 3:37 PM

  A state report says that efforts to prevent the spread of invasive mussels after they were first found in Lake Pueblo two years ago are apparently paying off. But the recent Colorado Division of Wildlife report says the fight against the nonnative zebra mussels likely isn't over because it... more »

• One wildlife refuge, 2,000 abandoned cars

  March 26, 2010 10:12 AM

  When Anchorage had to dispose of several thousand cars and trucks damaged in a powerful 1964 earthquake, it dumped them off a 350-foot bluff near the outskirts of town. The car dumping didn't end there. Over the years, the bluff remained a convenient place to get rid of... more »

• North Pole-South Pole flights test greenhouse gas

  March 25, 2010 1:17 PM

  A plane outfitted to measure greenhouse gases has taken off from Colorado on the first leg of a 24-day mission that will take it back and forth across the Pacific Ocean from the Arctic to the Antarctic. The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder is managing the three-year... more »

• Bighorn sheep return to South Platte River Canyon

  March 24, 2010 11:53 AM

  Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep have returned to the South Platte River Canyon after 50 years of absence. The Colorado Division of Wildlife says 12 bighorn sheep have been released in the area where the Hayman Fire burned across about 215 square miles eight years ago. Bighorns moved out 50... more »

• EPA to issue stricter drinking water standards

  March 22, 2010 11:29 AM

  The Environmental Protection Agency is tightening drinking water standards to impose stricter limits on four contaminants that can cause cancer. In a speech Monday, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said the agency is developing stricter regulations for four compounds: tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene, acrylamide and epichlorohydrin. All four chemical compounds can cause cancer.... more »

• California frog getting own habitat

  March 18, 2010 1:16 PM

  Mark Twain celebrated them, hungry gold prospectors ate them, and rural landowners cursed the name of the California red-legged frog. Now, the jumping frog, whose dwindling numbers empowered anti-sprawl advocates while thwarting farmers, ranchers and developers across California, is getting an established habitat to protect its recovery. Maybe.... more »

• Endangered listing for Atlantic loggerheads sought

  March 10, 2010 4:11 PM

  The federal government has recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles swimming off the Atlantic Ocean coast, a decision that could have big implications for the fishing industry. The listing was proposed Wednesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for... more »

• Texas challenges greenhouse finding

  February 18, 2010 1:42 PM

  Gov. Rick Perry and other top Texas officials on Tuesday announced a legal challenge to the federal government's finding that greenhouse gases are dangerous to people, claiming the ruling was based on flawed science. The EPA in December issued an "endangerment" finding about carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases,... more »

• Colorado getting $30 million for bark-beetle epidemic

  February 8, 2010 6:24 PM

  U.S. Forest Service officials in Colorado are getting $30 million to deal with the aftermath of the bark-beetle epidemic that have killed about 3.6 million pine trees in the state and southern Wyoming. U.S. Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet said Monday the funds are a sign federal officials... more »

• Biologists check report of wolf pack in Colorado

  February 8, 2010 4:44 PM

  Biologists working with the owner of a western Colorado ranch are trying to determine if a pack of wolves has settled there. Biologists consulting for the High Lonesome Ranch north of DeBeque, about 200 miles west of Denver, say they have seen signs of wolves. They sent animal droppings... more »

• More pine trees coming down in Summit County

  February 5, 2010 9:51 AM

  Federal foresters are expanding logging of trees killed by pine beetles in Summit County. The U.S. Forest Service announced Wednesday it will cut trees on an additional 1,100 acres of White River National Forest in northern Summit County. Last month the Forest Service said another 4,000 acres would be... more »

• Economy grows at 5.7 percent pace

  January 29, 2010 9:44 AM

  The economy grew for a second straight quarter from October through December, posting a 5.7 percent annual rate, the fastest pace since the third quarter of 2003. The Commerce Department report is the strongest evidence to date that the worst recession since the 1930s ended last year, though an... more »

• Cold kills dozens of Florida manatees

  January 28, 2010 10:36 AM

  More than 100 manatees have been found dead in Florida waters since the beginning of the year, mostly victims of a nearly two-week cold snap, state officials said Tuesday. The preliminary cause of death for 77 of the endangered animals is cold stress, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation... more »