Eco-Briefs
Eco-briefs | Southern Utah land use plan struck down in federal...
SOUTHERN UTAH LAND USE PLAN STRUCK DOWN IN FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT...
Bomb-sniffing spinach; Religious leaders and the environment
Tapping into chemical pathways
According to a study in the journal Nature Materials, scientists have nanoengineered a spinach plant that is able to detect the...
Dam releases dirty energy; CSU continues to study methane
Dam releases dirty energy
The U.S. Department of the Interior released its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) regarding the Glen Canyon Dam, admitting the dam...
Eco-briefs | Colorado third among top LEED states
The U.S. Green Building Council has announced the top 10 states for new Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certifications in 2012, and Colorado landed third on the per-capita list...
Eco-briefs | Groundwater contaminated after fracking fluid leak in Canada
An investigation into a fracking fluid leak near Calgary, in Canada, has confirmed groundwater contamination. On Sept. 22, 2011, Crew Energy Inc. workers “inadvertently perforated above the base of groundwater protection” and proceeded with hydraulic fracturing ...
Hotter and hotter; Earth’s quasi satellite
Summers to get hotter and hotter
New research from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NOAA) shows that at the planet’s current heating rate, in...
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CROWD SOURCING PROGRAM WILL AID BIOLOGISTS IN THE FIGHT TO SAVE THE CALIFORNIA CONDOR...
Changes to the Endangered Species List; Spread of Ebola, other diseases...
Changes to the Endangered Species List
In early January, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) replied to many petitions regarding the Endangered Species List,...
Not so fast, EPA
Amid mounting criticism against a proposed copper mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska, a group of independent environmental scientists are crying foul at an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) assessment of the prospective project...
Curing cancer; Plant diversity decreasing
Cell division research could stop cancer
According to the National Institutes of Health, 1.5 million people in the United States are diagnosed with cancer each...
Shifting poles; Lasting effects of Deep Horizon
Climate change shifts Earth’s geographic pole
Scientists have known for decades the impacts of global warming — from changes in weather patterns to drastic sea...