Environment
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Environmentalists: OR's new groundwater law too diluted to be effective
Environmental groups say Oregon's new groundwater law, meant to curb pollution, has been diluted to the point they can no longer support it. …
Thursday, July 17, 2025
During Plastic-Free July, CA a pioneer in anti-pollution efforts
California receives high marks in a report on the fight against plastic pollution. This is Plastic-free July and the United States of Plastics report…
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Report: Cuts to clean energy will cost Colorado $7.3 billion in GDP
More than $7 billion in Colorado's GDP and 9,600 jobs are projected to be lost under President Donald Trump's signature tax and spending bill which cu…
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Conservation groups call for pause on deep-sea mining to assess risks
Conservation groups, including the National Wildlife Federation and Oceana, are calling for a moratorium on deep-sea mining for minerals until more …
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Green Bay collaborations help restore wildlife, wetlands
An effort to restore Northern pike habitat in Green Bay is also benefiting other wildlife species and raising local awareness about the effects of cli…
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Good news accompanies NM's 80th anniversary of Trinity atomic bomb test
Today's 80th anniversary of the Trinity nuclear bomb test in New Mexico comes weeks after Congress agreed to include the state in the Radiation Exposu…
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
OR Food Bank vital to Rowena Fire recovery efforts
It has been about three weeks since the Rowena Fire in Oregon's Columbia Gorge was put out, and the local food bank remains vital to recovery efforts…
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
'Compassion Calculator' helps CO meat eaters offset animal welfare effects
A new "Compassion Calculator" launched by the charity portal FarmKind aims to help Coloradans who eat meat improve their animal welfare footprints by …
Monday, July 14, 2025
Calls grow for WA to cut ship emissions at ports
Environmental advocates are urging Washington state lawmakers to require cargo ships to plug in while in port. The Port of Seattle will require all …
Rural Colorado electric co-op goes independent
By Ilana Newman for The Daily Yonder.Broadcast version by Eric Galatas for Colorado News Connection for the Public News Service/Daily Yonder Collabora…
Monday, July 14, 2025
New CA documentary examines the harms of mining 'critical minerals'
A new documentary looked at ways to reduce the human and environmental harms stemming from the mining of "critical minerals." Without minerals like c…
Federal impacts to ag conservation in WI 'complex'
Wisconsin's agriculture industry could see both wins and losses under the new federal budget. Climate change isn't a priority for the Trump …