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Sun and Wind Alter Global Landscape, Leaving Utilities Behind By JUSTIN GILLIS SEPT. 13, 2014, NYTimes

Colorado Gubernatorial Candidate Promises To Seize And Sell America’s National Parks, Forests And Public Lands BY CLAIRE MOSER - GUEST CONTRIBUTOR POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2014 

Then and now photos: Colo. flood recovery one year later (click photos for then and now views) BY NATHANIEL MINORSEP 9, 2014

Trees Are Dying From ‘No Obvious Cause’ In Rocky Mountains, Report Says BY ARI PHILLIPS SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 

Northern Colorado Oil And Gas Drilling Explained In 2½ Minutes By Stephanie Paige Ogburn & Jim Hill 
August 12, 2014 KUNC Radio 91.5

Energy Intensity: The Secret Revolution by Armory B. Lovins /Forbes / July 18. 2014

Two Colorado Democrats Reach A Deal On Fracking BY KATIE VALENTINE POSTED ON AUGUST 4, 2014 ThinkProgress.org

Canadians Can’t Drink Their Water After 1.3 Billion Gallons Of Mining Waste Flows Into Rivers BY KATIE VALENTINE AUGUST 5, 2014, ThinkProgress.org

The Truth About Natural Gas: A ‘Green’ Bridge to Hell 
Naomi Oreskes, TomDispatch | July 28, 2014 Ecowatch.com

Why EPA Suddenly Doesn’t Have Anyone Running The Office That Protects Our Waterways 
BY JEFF SPROSS AUGUST 1, 2014

Bush-Era EPA Administrator Baffles Fox Business Hosts: "We Need To Regulate" CarbonChristie Whitman: "We Humans Have An Impact On The Climate"  July 31, 2014,  MEDIA MATTERS STAFF

Fox's George Will: We Should Tell Child Immigrants "Welcome To America" Will Breaks From Fox Colleagues, Arguing It's "Preposterous" To Assume We Can't Assimilate Migrant Children / Media Matters 

Mapping the Spread of Drought Across the U.S. By MIKE BOSTOCK and KEVIN QUEALY JULY 24, 2014 NYTimes

Health Exchange Enrollment Ended With a Surge By HAEYOUN PARK, DEREK WATKINS, WILSON ANDREWS and ALICIA PARLAPIANO UPDATED May 1, 2014 NYTimes

NHL Warns Climate Change Could Threaten The Future Of Hockey BY TRAVIS WALDRON POSTED ON JULY 22, 2014 ThinkProgress.org

Wind Turbine Manufacturer Hiring 800 People In Colorado As Orders Pile Up BY ARI PHILLIPS ON JULY 21, 2014 ThinkProgress.org

Part 4: How to Plan a Community Compost Project HighFieldsComposting.org

Tesla Motors Supercharger network in Summer 2014 - map as of July 15, 2014  Green Car Reports July 19, 2014

Our Bees, OurselvesBees and Colony Collapse By MARK WINSTON JULY 14, 2014 NYTimes Op-Ed

2 Farmers, 2 Views of GMOs  Dan D’Ambrosio, USA TODAY June 9, 2014

Study of Organic Crops Finds Fewer Pesticides and More Antioxidants By KENNETH CHANG JULY 11, 2014 NY Times

Group Representing Half A Billion Christians Says It Will No Longer Support Fossil Fuels BY EMILY ATKIN JULY 11, 2014  ThinkProgess.org

This Brilliant Trick Will Help You Bike in a Skirt Without Flashing Everyone By L.V. Anderson Slate July 2 2014

Gas-Guzzlers Now Pay More To Park In Madrid
BY  ANTONY INGRAM July 6 2014 Green Car Reports

World first: Australian solar plant has generated “supercritical” steam that rivals fossil fuels’ 
SCIENCE ALERT STAFF   THURSDAY, 05 JUNE 2014

Don’t Forget Butterflies! Our Pollination Crisis Is About More Than Honeybees BY KATIE VALENTINE JUNE 25, 2014 

Baltimore's Water Wheel Keeps On Turning, Pulling In Tons Of Trash by JULIA BOTERO June 23, 2014

After Earthquake, Company Halts Fracking Wastewater Injection In Colorado County BY KATIE VALENTINE JUNE 25, 2014
The man behind a New Mexico county's fracking ban - Last year Mora became the first county in the nation to permanently ban oil and gas development - High Country News  June 23, 2014 issue By Ernie Atencio

See the excellent new endocrine disruption video by Earth Focus

New study on endocrine disruptors near natural gas operations published in the Endocrine Society Journal March 2014

Watch the Telluride Mountainfilm Symposium Celebrating 50 Years of Wilderness - Day One 5/23/14 Telluride TV Live Start at around 46:00 for the beginning of the program

In Landmark Class Action, Farmers Insurance Sues Local Governments For Ignoring Climate Change BY ARI PHILLIPS MAY 19, 2014 AT 12:51 PM UPDATED: MAY 19, 2014 AT 1:54 PM

Women in Solar Initiative - Grid Alternatives May 16, 2014

Colorado Congressman Called A ‘Terrorist’ For Pushing Community Control Of Fracking BY ANDREW BREINER ON MAY 6, 2014 AT 11:52 AM

National Climate Assessment: 15 arresting images of climate change now and in the pipeline BY JASON SAMENOW May 6 at 9:51 
In Landmark Class Action, Farmers Insurance Sues Local Governments For Ignoring Climate Change BY ARI PHILLIPS MAY 19, 2014 AT 12:51 PM UPDATED: MAY 19, 2014 

Women in Solar Initiative - Grid Alternatives May 16, 2014

Colorado Congressman Called A ‘Terrorist’ For Pushing Community Control Of Fracking BY ANDREW BREINER ON MAY 6, 2014 AT 11:52 AM

National Climate Assessment: 15 arresting images of climate change now and in the pipeline BY JASON SAMENOW May 6 2014
 
Texas Family's Nuisance Complaint Seen As Win Against Fracking NPR by Mose Bushele

How Scientists, Car Companies, And The Military Are Creating The Smartest Energy Solution On The Market BY JEFF SPROSS MAY 1, 2014 AT 2:59 PM UPDATED: MAY 1, 2014 AT 3:41 PM

This Island Is The First In The World To Be Powered Fully By Wind And Water BY ARI PHILLIPS MAY 1, 2014 AT 9:29 AM UPDATED: MAY 1, 2014 

Since First Earth Day, U.S. Sees Rapid Warming (INTERACTIVE) Climate Central Published: Apr 22/14

Proof of success of U.S. Clean Air Act shows up in Greenland ice By Jim Algar, Tech Times | April 13, 2014

Ancient Landscape Found Under 2 Miles Of Greenland's Ice Becky Oskin, LiveScience.com Published: Apr 21, 2014, weather.com

Coal Company Cuts Off Ex-Miners From Their Health Benefits BY REBECCA LEBER APRIL 19, 2014 AT 2:50 PM UPDATED: APRIL 20, 2014 AT 10:20 AM

State Department To Delay Keystone XL Pipeline Decision Until After November  BY RYAN KORONOWSKI APRIL 18, 2014 AT 2:33 PM UPDATED: APRIL 18, 2014 AT 3:12 PM

Connecticut Takes A Step Closer To Keep Fracking Wastewater Out Of The State BY JOANNA M. FOSTER APRIL 18, 2014 AT 11:15 AM UPDATED: APRIL 18, 2014 AT 11:16 AM

Koch Brothers Are The Largest Land Owners Of Canada’s Tar Sands BY ARI PHILLIPS ON MARCH 20, 2014 AT 5:15 PM

Colorado Adopts Sweeping New Air Pollution Rules for Oil & Gas Industry by Samantha Wright Watch Newslpapers Mar 2, 2014

Bloomberg News
Colorado First State to Clamp Down on Fracking Methane Pollution By Jennifer Oldham February 23, 2014

How Wolves Change Rivers - a 4 minute video

Exxon CEO Comes Out Against Fracking Project Because It Will Affect His Property Values BY REBECCA LEBER  
FEBRUARY 21, 2014 AT 2:16 PM  ThinkProgress.org

A Canadian Company Is About To Become One Of The First To Extract U.S. Tar Sands Oil  BY EMILY ATKIN ThinkProgress.org
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