Southwest News
The Southwest climate change news feed includes stories on climate change and energy from newspapers in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah, courtesy of Environmental Health News.
Santorum and Gingrich dismiss climate change, vow to dismantle the EPA.
A day before Colorado Republicans voice presidential preferences at the caucuses, Rick Santorum dismissed climate change as “a hoax” and advocated an energy plan heavy on fossil fuels.
Study: Minorities face greatest climate-change impacts.
The California Department of Public Health has released a study finding that heat events, flooding and wildfires — events associated with anticipated future climate change — will impact Fresno County's minorities the greatest.
Global Warming: USGS to assess Arctic impacts.
Scientists are just in the early stages of understanding the implications for ecosystems in the region. A new multidisciplinary study by the U.S. Geological Survey may help understand how dynamic ecosystems and their wildlife communities will respond to rapid change in the Arctic.
Car deal criticized as hurting green sales.
When California’s air regulators approved new car-pollution rules to cut down on smog and global warming, they included a provision that critics described as a loophole that could substantially reduce the number of electric vehicles sold in the state in coming years.
Hickenlooper talks energy, water, pensions.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper espoused several strong positions, including global warming and revolutionary vehicle fuel this week during a speech to a Southern Colorado advocacy group.
Global experts question claims about jellyfish populations.
Recent media reports have created a perception that the world’s oceans are experiencing increases in jellyfish due to human activities such as global warming and overharvesting of fish.
In Colorado classrooms, climate change skepticism rising like ocean levels.
Climate change skepticism is creeping into classrooms even as advocacy groups try to broaden their reach using new-school X Games athletes to spread the message to high schools students.
Global warming: How will Arctic ecosystems change?
As Arctic sea ice melts at an unrelenting pace, marine biologists are trying to understand how ecosystems in the North Pole region may change and how the increase in hunting territory available to killer whales in the Arctic could seriously affect the marine ecosystem balance.
Calif. governor says cap-and-trade fees will fund high-speed rail.
Gov. Jerry Brown said in an interview airing in Los Angeles on Sunday that California's high-speed rail project will cost far less than the state's current estimate of nearly $100 billion and that environmental fees paid by carbon producers will be a source of funding.
Boulder council to consider climate goals, carbon tax.
Whether the city of Boulder should revamp its approach to addressing climate change – including whether to extend an expiring tax to pay for related programs – is among the questions facing the Boulder City Council this week.