Rubio’s Climate Change Views Could Hurt 2016 Presidential Bid
Sen. Marco Rubio, 43, has announced his 2016 presidential bid, and with it, has billed himself as the younger, fresher choice for president with both his age and message being key parts of his...
View ArticleUN Chief To Open Vatican Climate Change Conference
NEW YORK (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will open a key Vatican meeting this month on Pope Francis’ highly anticipated teaching document on climate change. The U.N. chief will join American...
View ArticleStudy: Man-Made Global Warming To Cause 95 Percent Of Very Hot Days By 2050
WASHINGTON (AP) — If you find yourself sweating out a day that is monstrously hot, chances are you can blame humanity. A new report links three out of four such days to man’s effects on climate. And as...
View ArticleNOAA: $9M For Projects To Mitigate Climate Change Threats
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is offering $9 million in grants to help coastal communities deal with extreme weather, changing ocean conditions and climate...
View ArticlePharrell Williams Advocates For Greener Jobs, Climate Change Action
Pharrell Williams’ push for measures that prevent climate change is picking up more momentum as he asks leaders to create greener jobs and save the planet in a recent video. In the video, published to...
View ArticleColorado Catholics Applaud Pope Francis’ Fight On Climate Change
DENVER (CBS4) – Pope Francis is calling for a cultural revolution to fight climate change in a sweeping 200-page manifesto and getting support from Catholic bishops and Catholics in Colorado. The...
View ArticleBoulder Mayor Matthew Appelbaum To Meet Pope For Climate Change Discussion
BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – Boulder Mayor Matthew Appelbaum has been invited to meet the Pope. Appelbaum is one of a handful of mayors from around the world who will travel to Vatican City to meet with...
View ArticleIn Colorado, Energy Chief Says US Has Ability To Monitor Iran Nuclear Program
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) – The U.S. Energy Department has extensive technical expertise that will help verify whether Iran is complying with its commitment to limit its nuclear program under an...
View ArticleInterior Department OKs Plan To Keep Colorado Coal Mine Open
DENVER (AP) — The Interior Department has signed off on a plan to keep a northwestern Colorado coal mine open. The federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement announced Friday that...
View ArticleAhead Of GOP Debate, Activists Push For Press Attention
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Republican presidential hopefuls don’t take the debate stage in Boulder until tomorrow. But plenty of groups are lining up to tell the GOP candidates what to say. The events start...
View Article‘Unacceptable Risk’ Screening & Fire Community Social Friday In Golden
By Chris Spears DENVER (CBS4) – Unacceptable Risk, a short film following firefighters who’ve battled Colorado’s epic fires of the past decade, will screen at the Colorado Environmental Film Festival...
View ArticleStudy: Farms, Hydropower At Risk In West’s Changing Climate
DENVER (AP) – Climate change could upset the complex interplay of rain, snow and temperature in the West, hurting food production, the environment and electrical generation at dams, the federal...
View ArticleHickenlooper May Ask For One-Third Cut In CO2 Pollution
DENVER (AP) – Gov. John Hickenlooper may ask for a one-third cut in greenhouse gas pollution from power plants, even though the federal Clean Power Plan is stalled and Republicans in the state are...
View ArticleNew Colorado Energy Subcommittee On Trump Policies Convenes
DENVER (AP) — Energy production and climate protection. That theme dominated the first hearing Thursday of an energy subcommittee that Colorado Republicans created in anticipation of new policies under...
View ArticleDU Students, Faculty Walk Out For ‘Climate Justice’
DENVER (CBS4)– On Monday morning dozens of students and faculty members at the University of Denver walked out to protest what they claim is the Trump administration’s climate change denial. The...
View ArticleNational Park Service Staff Step Up Campaign Against Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Park Service employees’ Twitter campaign against President Donald Trump spread to other parks Wednesday with more tweets on climate change on official social media...
View ArticleWorld Premiere ‘Two Degrees’ Contributes To The Debate Over Global Warming
The world premiere of “Two Degrees” runs from February 3rd – March 12th, at the Jones Theatre at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. For tickets and information go the special “Two Degrees” web...
View ArticleStudy: Global Warming Is Shrinking River Vital To 40 Million People
DENVER (AP) — Global warming is already shrinking the Colorado River, the most important waterway in the American Southwest, and it could reduce the flow by more than a third by the end of the century,...
View ArticleBennet Slams Trump Agenda In Town Hall
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Sen. Michael Bennet is vowing to fight Donald Trump as he holds town halls across Colorado. The Democrat, will be meeting with voters in Durango and Grand Junction on...
View ArticleNoticing Early Leaves? Study Says Trend Will Continue
By Chris Spears DENVER (CBS4) – I couldn’t believe my eyes this past weekend when I looked up and saw a tree in North Denver almost fully leafed out. It seemed so out of place on the last weekend of...
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