Results for keyword: Climate change
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California's carbon market may succeed where others have failed
The Golden State's new cap-and-trade program aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions while avoiding the pitfalls of similar attempts.
by Brendon Bosworth, Apr 19, 2013 -
An underwater forest reveals the story of a historic megadrought
Scientists find a climatic archive at the bottom of an alpine lake in California's Sierra Nevada.
by Brendon Bosworth, Dec 25, 2012 -
Alaska Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell on the U.S. as an Arctic nation
Treadwell, an expert in the politics of the opening Arctic, discusses offshore drilling, the Arctic as a global economic powerhouse, and climate change adaptation.
by Michael Burger, Aug 21, 2012 -
Notes from a wildfire refugee
When wildfire forces locals to flee their beloved Colorado homes, people begin to talk more openly than they used to about climate change.
by John Calderazzo, Jun 27, 2012 -
Sometimes environmentalists miss the boat
Colorado environmentalists goofed when they opposed a bill that would have harnessed the methane produced by coal mines as a form of renewable energy.
by Allen Best, Jun 27, 2012 -
Great hope, great fear
The threat of climate change is terrifying, especially for people who fear for their children's future, but there is still hope, if we start working together.
by Auden Schendler, Aug 24, 2011 -
Ice matters
We're not just losing our glaciers; we're unraveling the systems that sustain all life on earth.
by Tim Lydon, Jul 27, 2011 -
Don't blame it all on global climate change
Climate change is a problem, but that doesn’t mean it’s responsible for every bad thing that happens in the West.
by Allen Best, Apr 13, 2011 -
Finding place
A wilderness ranger has spent the last 14 years coming to intimately know -- and love -- a remarkable corner of Alaska.
by Tim Lydon, Mar 09, 2011 -
Religious leaders shouldn't duck their responsibility
Western religious leaders need to speak out more strongly on the dangers of climate change.
by Tim Lydon, Feb 06, 2011
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