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New state laws aimed at protecting the environment took effect this month, including a ban on styrofoam containers and plastic bags. Today on In The NoCo, we hear from a 12-year-old activist who helped get these measures passed.
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Prescribed fires can be an effective way to reduce the risk of severe wildfires. But they of course also give off smoke, and researchers are trying to better understand that public health tradeoff. A new paper finds that prescribed fire can reduce overall smoke exposure, but that those benefits can diminish as the level of prescribed fire increases.
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Recently, opponents of a Cemex cement plant near Lyons asked for strict changes to the plant’s environmental permits. David Krause, an editor with The Colorado Sun, joined KUNC’s Nikole Robinson Carroll to discuss the story.
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Colorado wildlife advocates hope the wolverine can be reintroduced into the state now that it has been classified as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act.
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We’re still learning how to live with the effects of a changing climate. In his new book, Colorado journalist Stephen Robert Miller investigates our need to adapt and how some of those attempts are backfiring. He joins In The NoCo to tell us more.
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New data shows many cities in the Mountain West and beyond are experiencing warmer winters because of climate change. Experts say that trend raises concerns.
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The U.S. Department of Interior is spending another $51 million on water projects across the West. A majority of those funds – about $30 million – will flow to the Mountain West region.
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The alarming signs of climate change are all around us: devastating fires destroying whole communities, new temperature records set only to fall the next year, glaciers disappearing in real time. It's an overwhelming problem, but some have turned to e-bikes as one way to do their part to stave off the worst effects of our still-changing climate.
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The National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service are proposing new guidelines to manage climbing in wilderness areas. Much of the focus is on fixed anchor installations, and that has sparked frustration in both climbing and conservation communities.
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Committees in the U.S. House and Senate recently discussed abandoned mine policies, with some lawmakers calling for faster rollouts of federal money for cleanups.