Global Warming In the News
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Global warming threatens our forests
- Summit Daily News (new window)
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2009-09-14 |
| Sens. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) wisely avoided getting sucked into a debate over the existence of global warming at a recent climate change hearing in Estes Park because there is no debate. The senators also did not question the fact that global warming is at least partly responsible for pine beetle infestation and other environmental threats to Rocky Mountain National Park — and with good reason. There is a firm consensus among scientists that drought and warmer winters — due to global warming — have exacerbated the pine beetle problem. | |
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New Fuel Standards Could Actually Help Save $$
- CBS 4, Denver (new window)
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2009-05-20 |
| Tuesday's announcement of a new target for fuel and emissions standards brought cheers and groans at the pumps. | |
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EPA air-quality ruling a wake-up call for state
- Denver Post (new window)
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2009-04-26 |
| Climate change is a global problem, but its effects will be felt regionally — with sea levels rising on the North Carolina coast and drought in Colorado, according to federal studies. | |
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Obama to let Calif. raise bar on gas mileage
- Denver Post (new window)
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2009-01-26 |
| President Barack Obama will direct federal regulators today to move swiftly on an application by California and 13 other states to set strict automobile-emissions and fuel-efficiency standards, two administration officials said Sunday evening. | |
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More evidence that Colorado's getting warmer
- Rocky Mountain News (new window)
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2008-10-22 |
| The Rocky's Jerd Smith's article on "Feeling the Heat," our latest global warming report showing that temperatures are rising across Colorado. | |
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Radio Interview: Environment Colorado on Xcel Energy & clean energy
- Earthbeat Radio (new window)
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2008-09-02 |
| Earthbeat interviews Keith Hay of Environment Colorado about the success of the Xcel Energy on global warming and clean energy. | |
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EPA's auto decision hurts state's efforts
- Rocky Mountain News (new window)
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2008-03-01 |
| The Environmental Protection Agency's decision to block California's crackdown on auto emissions is hampering efforts by Colorado to reduce greenhouse gases, an environmental group said Friday. | |
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Colorado can lead the way on warming
- Rocky Mountain News (new window)
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2008-02-15 |
| It is disappointing that President Bush allowed his eighth and final State of the Union Address to pass without proposing serious action on global warming. While offering no serious policy proposals, Bush continued to delay and point fingers at developing countries. | |
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Climate activists looking to Ritter
- Denver Post (new window)
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2007-10-15 |
| Now they're looking toward Gov. Bill Ritter to champion what they consider next year's top order of business: global warming. | |
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Metro area studies expansion scenarios
- Rocky Mountain News (new window)
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2007-07-28 |
| Predictions that metro Denver's population will swell by more than 1.5 million over the next three decades - more people than live in the city of Dallas - have ignited a debate over whether a boundary intended to contain sprawl should balloon outward. | |
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Report: Temperatures rising across the state
- 9news.com (new window)
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2007-07-26 |
| A new report out from one of the state's leading environmental groups shows the temperatures in the metro area during the summer of 2006 were 3.8 degrees warmer than normal. The 56-page Environment Colorado analysis shows temperatures in Colorado cities climbing at a much higher rate than the national average temperature which is up half a degree. Its members attribute the climb to global warming. | |
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Report: Colorado May Be More Vulnerable To Global Warming
- TheDenverChannel.com (new window)
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2007-07-25 |
| Some experts suggest Colorado may be more vulnerable to global warming than other states. | |
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Rally targets greenhouse gases
- Rocky Mountain News
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2007-04-23 |
| A newly formed environmental coalition converged west of the state Capitol on Sunday to call on Gov. Bill Ritter to join other states in embracing standards limiting greenhouse gas emissions. | |
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Environmental Groups Gather At Capitol
- CBS 4 News
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2007-04-22 |
| Environmental groups gathered in front of the Capitol Sunday to urge state leaders to set specific goals to reduce global warming pollution. | |
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On Earth Day, make a promise
- The Denver Post
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2007-04-12 |
| Everyone from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to the CEOs of major corporations like Caterpillar, ConocoPhillips and General Electric is saying that global warming is real, it is being caused in large part by human activity and it threatens to catastrophically alter the Earth's climate. | |
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