fbpx

Thank you to the loyal readers and supporters of The Colorado Independent (2013-2020). The Indy has merged with the new nonprofit Colorado News Collaborative (COLab) on a new mission to strengthen local news in Colorado. We hope you will join us!

Visit COLab
Home Tags Climate Change

Tag: Climate Change

Warming Increasing Hurricane Frequency: NCAR Study

The Atlantic Ocean is getting stormier, and climate change is responsible, according to research by a Colorado meteorologist and colleagues. About twice as many...

Carving the Cost of Climate Change

In 2005, the United States emitted about 7 billion tons of the most prominent greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Colorado produced about...

The Unexpected Link Between Climate Change and Ice Hockey Helmets

If Colorado were to approve a carbon tax, as some local activists are urging, it would not only be the first of its...

Hotting Up in CO

2006 was Colorado's ninth warmest year since 1895, 1.9 degrees Fahrenheit above average, according to a report by the Environment Colorado Research and Policy...

The Climate Cost Dance Goes Faster

After a long, leisurely romance, the nation has apparently come to the conclusion that, by golly, maybe we ought to do something about global...

Group Ponders Carbon Tax Initiative (+Poll)

In an effort to make a major reduction in the state's contribution to global warming, a group of Colorado activists are considering an initiative...

Ancient Drought Holds Clues to Warming Future

The distant past holds some bad news for western water managers in a warming world. Researchers have found evidence of a drought that lasted...

Colorado Lagging Badly in Curbing CO2 Emissions

Colorado had the fifth largest increase in carbon dioxide emissions -- the most important greenhouse gas -- of all states in the U.S. between...

Kerry Calls Carbon Capture Critical for Climate

No new coal-fired power plants should be built in the United States without the ability to capture carbon, Sen. John Kerry (D.-Mass.) said in...
Adjust Font Size