New NASA studies show how the world is running out of water

WASHINGTON – Drought-stricken California is not the only place draining underground aquifers in the hunt for fresh water. It’s happening across the world, according to two new stu...

DATE: Jun 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

World is off course to prevent 2 degrees Celsius of warming, report says

In a major report scheduled to be released on Monday, the Paris-based International Energy Agency – which provides independent analysis and has 29 member countries, including the United Stat...

DATE: Jun 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Coal confronting bigger threat than Obama's clean air rules

NEW YORK – U.S. coal companies worried that the Obama administration’s proposed clean-air rules will put them out of business face a bigger threat: natural gas. Shale formations i...

DATE: Jun 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

California oil-spill cleanup costs reach $62 million

Costs are running at $3 million a day, and there is no timetable for when the cleanup will be complete, Plains All American Pipeline’s on-scene coordinator, Patrick Hodgins, told The Associa...

DATE: Jun 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Congress moving to block EPA regulation of streams, wetlands

WASHINGTON – Congressional Republicans are pushing to block an Obama administration rule designed to protect water quality in small streams, tributaries and wetlands before it goes into effe...

DATE: Jun 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Earth Briefs

Walk with wildflowers at Mesa Verde The San Juan/Four Corners Native Plant Society will lead the free wildflower walk, “Wildflowers and Views,” on June 21 on The Knife Edge Trail ...

DATE: Jun 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Teamwork shines on our trails

Three groups combine to give Haviland/Chris Park a makeover

DATE: Jun 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

EPA says it intends to regulate emissions by U.S. airliners

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration proposed Wednesday to regulate aircraft emissions in much the same way as power plants, saying they are a threat to human health because they contain po...

DATE: Jun 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Mancos farmer plants industrial hemp crop

Mancos farmer talks about seeds of change and growing pains

DATE: Jun 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Nature center careful about water play

Because of bacteria levels, kids cannot submerge themselves

DATE: Jun 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Good Earth Briefs

Proposals sought for resource projects Proposals are being accepted for natural-resource projects that benefit the land and resources of the San Juan National Forest and the rural...

DATE: Jun 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Yellowstone urges tourist common sense amid bison attacks

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – A pamphlet drawing of a man being gored and flung into the air graphically warns tourists in Yellowstone National Park not to get too close to bison: They’re wild animals an...

DATE: Jun 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

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