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Coloradans Launch ‘Fracking Fuels the Flames’ Campaign

November 6, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

A grassroots, volunteer-led coalition of Coloradans is putting a spotlight on the role that oil and gas production plays in “fueling the flames” of wildfires and other impacts of the climate crisis on communities. Comments from Heidi Leathwood, climate policy…

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Colorado water users, environmentalists brace for changes as EPA, Supreme Court weigh wetland rules

November 5, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

The U.S. Supreme Court could issue a new ruling as early as January as the EPA prepares to finalize its own new regulations later this year.

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Homelands Film Premiere at The Lyric

November 4, 2022 1 0 Guest Contributor

Homelands follows the story of a Lakota tree planting crew in South Dakota that is fighting to preserve their land and pass down cultural knowledge through reforestation amidst centuries of colonization and the ongoing climate crisis.

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Since the Calwood Fire

November 1, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

This Monday, October 17, 2022, marks 2 years since the Calwood Fire burned over half of our 1200 acre mountain top. As I look back on the last two years and where we are today as an organization, I feel a pride…

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Innovative Climate & Land Regeneration Project Begins at Drylands Agroecology Research

November 1, 2022 1 0 Guest Contributor

Last month, Drylands Agroecology Research broke ground on an innovative land regeneration project at Yellow Barn Farm in Longmont, Colorado that will restore 60 acres of degraded, desertifying terrain back to lush and fruitful agricultural land without irrigation.

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Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. seeks to lease Boulder County-owned minerals

October 31, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Boulder County received a letter from Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc., on July 5, 2022, offering to lease county-owned mineral rights in connection with Extraction’s “Blue Paintbrush” well pad planned in Weld County.

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2022 Election Guide

October 21, 2022 Like 0 Thomas Rutherford

Every year, Yellow Scene Magazine publishes an exhaustive Election Guide. Because we are “old-school” and still believe journalism is important, we do not allow email interviews and require a 15-minute call with each candidate. They are all asked the same…

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Give Us the Beet: Q&A With Colorado Farmers

September 29, 2022 1 0 Zoe Jennings

Only using organic and regenerative practices, Anica Wong and Ivan Soto are the urban farmers behind SoCliff Farm. The farm is a labor of love for Wong and Soto, who both also have full- time jobs. The farm, which they…

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New Maps Expose Methane ‘Super-Emitter’ Sites

September 28, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Super-emitters are responsible for nearly 40% of methane emissions in five U.S. oil and gas production basins, according to a new study by Carbon Mapper, University of Arizona, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Arizona State University and Environmental Defense Fund. Comments…

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Tribal breakthrough? Four states, six tribes announce first formal talks on Colorado River negotiating authority

September 26, 2022 2 0 Guest Contributor

Colorado and three other Upper Colorado River Basin states have, for the first time in history, embarked on a series of formal meetings to find a way to negotiate jointly with some of the largest owners of Colorado River water…