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Bedtime for Needham garden

Students connect to source of their food, cycles of nature

November 5, 2014

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Environmental groups to spend record amount in 2014 elections

Sen. Mark Udall recipient of $12M

October 29, 2014

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Horse power

Small-scale farmers use four-legged engines

October 29, 2014

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Rules pitched for power plants

Reservation generators in our region get EPA’s proposed limits

October 29, 2014

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Changes at Utah uranium mill stir outrage

Proposed regulations spark health worries

October 29, 2014

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Earth Briefs

The Colorado State University Extension Office in La Plata County is accepting applications for the 2015 Colorado Master Gardener Program…

October 22, 2014

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Water’s future in the West

FLC Environmental Center to screen ‘DamNation,’ host discussion

October 22, 2014

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Plastic beads from face wash pollute rivers

You’ve probably heard of these dastardly microbeads by now: The tiny pieces of plastic, billed as miraculous exfoliators in facial…

October 22, 2014

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Hazy territory for ‘organic’ goods

Nonfood items are not subject to rigorous standards

October 22, 2014

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Surge in natural gas use won’t slow global warming

Other energy technologies could suffer, study says

October 15, 2014

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Earth Briefs

Durango Nature Studies will host these programs: A Community Appreciation Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.…

October 15, 2014

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Cleaning up bighorn habitat

Old telegraph wire can ensnare, kill mountain sheep

October 15, 2014

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With our mark on Earth, humans may name era, too

This image by NASA shows city lights worldwide in 2012. People are changing Earth so much with global warming and…

October 15, 2014

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Earth Briefs

The Southwest Farm Fresh Cooperative has received a grant for $70,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Local Food Promotion…

October 8, 2014

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In parched Calif., thirsty lawns must go

Tearing out grass to cope with drought

October 8, 2014

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Being an apple farmer isn’t easy

Late freeze steals fruit from orchards

October 8, 2014

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CSU location approved to begin testing hemp

Crop research expected at station in Yellow Jacket

October 1, 2014

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Earth Brief

Conservation Colorado, San Juan Citizens Alliance and Great Old Broads for Wilderness announce a multimedia presentation and exhibit with Colorado…

October 1, 2014

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Some of world’s wild weather tied to global warming

Climate change caused Australian heat wave, but not Colorado’s heavy rains in 2013

October 1, 2014

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GMOs jump from food to election ballot

Proposition 105 would require labeling in Colorado

October 1, 2014

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Reviving a forest

234,000 Engelmann spruce seedlings replace losses in 2002 fire

October 1, 2014

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Changing winds lead to warming in Pacific

The study compared surface temperatures from 1900 to 2012 to surface air pressure, a stand-in for wind measurements and found…

September 24, 2014

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Can they survive?

Your children may not see these threatened creatures

September 24, 2014

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Making power, saving habitat

In Calif., balancing renewable-energy, conservation plans

September 24, 2014