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Local bear reports down last year; statewide number grows
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (740+ words) A young bear investigates a screen door in early spring 2025. The number of reported bear conflicts and sightings in Mesa County fell last year from the numbers in 2024, and while the statewide total grew, the number of bears that had…...
Plateau Valley ranch permanently conserved
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (322+ words) A 160-acre cattle ranch in the Plateau Valley will be permanently protected from development under a conservation easement involving the Colorado West Land Trust. The Lazy YH Ranch, on the foothills below the Grand Mesa, is owned by Joann Hall…...
Searching for the ideal waste land
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (408+ words) Local nonprofit Toilet Equity is seeking anyone willing to host its outdoor composting toilets currently located at the North Avenue Homeward Bound homeless shelter, which is slated for closure at the end of the week. Community Outreach Coordinator Rene Grisier…...
City beginning transition to single-stream recycling system
1+ week, 2+ day ago (350+ words) Larry Robinson / The Daily Sentinel City of Grand Junction employee Vincent Jaramillo, bottom left, sweeps up recyclable items during a snowstorm at the City of Grand Junction Recycling Division on Feb. 9, 2024. The city of Grand Junction is beginning the transition…...
West Divide proposes backup water plan for Crystal River
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (648+ words) A plan to cover water shortages on the Crystal River lists four reservoirs as sources for the water, two of which would be newly constructed. In December, the Rifle-based West Divide Water Conservancy District filed an application with the Division…...
China carbon emissions 'flat or falling' in 2025: analysis
2+ week, 4+ day ago (533+ words) China's emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide were "flat or falling" in 2025, analysis showed Thursday, but progress remains fragile and it is not yet clear that emissions have peaked. China is the world's biggest emitter of the gases that drive climate…...
US to scrap legal cornerstone of climate regulations this week
2+ week, 5+ day ago (596+ words) While the Endangerment Finding initially applied only to a section of the Clean Air Act governing vehicle emissions, it was later incorporated into other regulations President Donald Trump's administration is set to finalize on Thursday its repeal of a foundational…...
Study reveals cats and dogs helping spread an invasive species
2+ week, 5+ day ago (223+ words) Caenoplana variegata are invasive species that primarily move around the globe through the transport of plants. (Jean-Lou Justine via SWNS) Dogs and cats are helping to spread an invasive species, reveals new research. Domestic animals are involved in the movement…...
January was fifth hottest on record despite cold snap: EU monitor
2+ week, 5+ day ago (210+ words) The planet experienced its fifth-hottest January on record despite a cold snap that swept across the United States and Europe, the EU's climate monitor said Tuesday. The Northern Hemisphere was hit by severe cold waves in the final weeks of…...
Three-year heatwave bleached half the planet's coral reefs: study
2+ week, 5+ day ago (503+ words) A study published on Tuesday showed that more than half of the world's coral reefs were bleached between 2014-2017 -- a record-setting episode now being eclipsed by another series of devastating heatwaves. The analysis concluded that 51 percent of the world's reefs endured…...