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Wal-Mart to phase out 10 hazardous chemicals

The nation’s largest retailer said that, beginning in January, it would begin to monitor progress on reducing these chemicals and…

September 18, 2013

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Horticulturist to tell plant tales

Scott Skogerboe will address Durango Botanical Society; plant stampede set

September 18, 2013

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Colorado’s rice pioneers

Durango crop may be first to be successfully grown in the state

September 11, 2013

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Old Farmer’s Almanac says get ready for colder, snowier winter

The Dublin, N.H.-based Old Farmer’s Almanac which, at 222, is believed to be the oldest continuously published periodical in North…

September 11, 2013

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Climate primary factor on lake levels

As water surface temperatures and evaporation rates continue to rise, low water is likely to be a long-term problem despite…

September 11, 2013

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Support generated for desert tortoises

Las Vegas center plans to put down suffering animals

September 4, 2013

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Arabia’s last leopards

Oman struggles to save endangered cats

September 4, 2013

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Sun powers low-income residents’ homes

Nonprofit launches a new solar-energy program in Colorado

September 4, 2013

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Navy training, testing might be killing whales, dolphins

The Navy said that the studies focused on waters off the East Coast, the Gulf of Mexico, Southern California and…

September 4, 2013

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Slow gardening: It’s a lifestyle, not a race

A bottle garden frames flower and vegetable beds in a backyard in Langley, Wash. Combined with a basket collection, it…

August 28, 2013

$So far, it’s a split decision on fracking, health$

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So far, it’s a split decision on fracking, health

A pump is used in the hydraulic fracturing process at a Range Resources site in Claysville, Pa. A project examining…

August 28, 2013

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Next target for drones: Weeds

Boulder businessmen look to sell surveillance service to farmers

August 28, 2013

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Drowning in mud

Fish choke to death on silt as deluge floods nearly dry river

August 28, 2013

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When the refuge becomes the threat

Hundreds of protected desert tortoises could fall victim to federal funding woes

August 28, 2013

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Mosquitoes far worse this summer in parts of U.S.

Ryan Miller of Arlington, Va., has been lobbying his local government to use pesticides this year to fight mosquitoes. Because…

August 21, 2013

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Tour de Farms will visit Durango, Animas Valley

A 30-mile ride through the north Animas Valley is sold out. A few slots remain for the short tour of…

August 21, 2013

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His lonely mission

N. Dakota’s sole Sierra Club staff member pushes back against industry

August 21, 2013

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The hazards of corporate agriculture

In Durango, critic says too few control too much, public pays price

August 21, 2013

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Climate panel: Humans cause warming

The scientists, whose findings are reported in a draft summary of the next big U.N. climate report, largely dismiss a…

August 21, 2013

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Pot farm pollution in Calif. rampant

Agency won’t place its staff members in path of cartels

August 13, 2013

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Tracking owls electronically

Wyoming biologists hope to save nests from logging

August 13, 2013

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Report: Climate change affects coast

California is feeling the effects of climate change, a new report says.Associated Press file photo That’s just a snapshot of…

August 13, 2013

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Going green for less

Homeowners lease solar-panel systems

August 7, 2013

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Wildflowers conflict with oil shale

Habitat protection could put limits on energy production

August 7, 2013