Carbon farming can deliver income to farmers, but rules are needed to ensure they deliver what they are paid for, say Colorado State University researchers.
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There Will Be Fire: Colorado arrives at the dawn of megafires
Why East Troublesome was Colorado’s most disturbing fire in 2020. And how the briskly warming climate may put Vail, Aspen and others in the paths of megafires.
Biden climate advisor frames climate crisis as exciting opportunity
Get going, says Gina McCarthy, Biden’s climate advisor, on the energy transition, even if uncertain remains. And get the public excited about opportunities.
It’s not drought, but what do we call it?
Drought, as we understand the word, doesn’t explain the diminished Colorado River flows. But what word better describes this steady disappointment in snowpack?
Are sustainability folks in businesses complicit with evil fossil fuel?
Corporate sustainability efforts sound good but are actually guilty of complicity with fossil fuel companies, says “Getting Green Done” author Auden Schendler.
How a warming climate has crimped flows in Colorado’s Yampa River
Colorado’s Yampa River was long an exception, a major river mostly without restriction on supplies. Every straw was welcome and satisfied. That’s changing.
How can Steven Chu be hopeful?
Climate change has already made this world warmer and wackier. So why does this Nobel Prize-winner still find reason to laugh?
Climate liability lawsuit to stay in Boulder County
A lawsuit filed by Boulder and Boulder County will not get moved to Denver, as Suncor had asked, but must stay in Boulder, a judge has ruled.
A deep rethink of the Colorado River
A new normal on the Colorado River? Think again, say authors of a new white paper. They say water managers need to be thinking much drier, a new abnormal.
With a grin and a wink, Adam Palmer had missions in life far beyond himself
Adam Palmer’s chosen work was serious indeed and incredibly discouraging, but he performed it with energy and joy, guided by a hopeful vision for the world.
