Good Earth - The Durango Herald

Tour de Farms will visit Durango, Animas Valley

The seventh annual Tour de Farms is scheduled Saturday. Two bicycle tours, a long ride and a short ride, will feature agriculture in the Animas Valley and around Durango. A 30-mil...

DATE: Aug 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

His lonely mission

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

DATE: Aug 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

The hazards of corporate agriculture

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

DATE: Aug 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Climate panel: Humans cause warming

An international panel of scientists has found with near certainty that human activity is the cause of most of the temperature increases of recent decades, and warns that sea levels could co...

DATE: Aug 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Pot farm pollution in Calif. rampant

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

DATE: Aug 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Earth Briefs

FireWise offers chipper rental rebate program FireWise of Southwest Colorado is offering a chipper rental rebate program for residents needing to reduce the slash from wildfire fu...

DATE: Aug 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Tracking owls electronically

Wyoming biologists hope to save nests from logging

DATE: Aug 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Report: Climate change affects coast

LOS ANGELES – Coastal waters off California are getting more acidic. Fall-run chinook salmon populations to the Sacramento River are on the decline. Conifer forests on the lower slopes of th...

DATE: Aug 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Going green for less

Homeowners lease solar-panel systems

DATE: Aug 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Wildflowers conflict with oil shale

Habitat protection could put limits on energy production

DATE: Aug 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Offshore fracking under scrutiny

California considers tougher regulations

DATE: Aug 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

U.S. triples its solar energy capacity

The U.S. has tripled its solar-power-generating capacity since 2010 and increased it tenfold since 2007, according to a new report from the nonprofit advocacy group Environment America. ...

DATE: Jul 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth