Researchers from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and the University of California, Merced, found that emissions ...

Amid a megadrought and aridification in the Southwest, the federal government has released its operating plan to manage two large dams on the Colorado River, and it’s being criticized for propping up ...

Earth’s oceans, lakes, rivers, and streams contain dissolved oxygen, which comes from the atmosphere and plants. All aquatic animals need dissolved oxygen to breathe. Now, scientists warn these waters ...

Lakewood, Colorado—Looking for your next read? How about a mystery that delves into a past that perhaps no one has ever heard before. There’s a library that holds those stories—stories of how our ...

The report from the Energy Department was submitted as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed rule last week to repeal the Endangerment Finding made in 2009 that said greenhouse ...

The Roadless Rule, which was first implemented by the Clinton administration nearly 25 years ago, protects 30 percent of national forest land, and, as the Colorado Sun reports, environmental advocates ...

Last week, at a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, many countries made commitments to cut back fossil fuel emissions to fight climate change. China announced it would curb emissions by up ...

Last week, the Trump administration approved part of a controversial project to pump groundwater from the Mojave Desert and send it to cities in California. Cadiz, the company promoting the project, ...

In 1860, when Colorado was still a territory and the gold rush was on, farmers who settled on the eastern plains were looking for another source of wealth—water. The state’s prairie is mostly without ...

In good news last week, Morocco and Sierra Leone ratified the High Seas Treaty that seeks to protect marine biodiversity in international waters—those beyond the jurisdiction of any country. The two ...