some relevants news headlines

[Loretta Lohman]

Colorado Sun
Chevron’s $1.5M fine for Weld County blowout will finance improvements to monitoring programs
Citizens must pursue Suncor because state is too lax, plaintiffs tell US Appeals Court 
Doug Vilsack is resigning as Colorado state director of the BLM
Colorado sues to block Energy Department orders keeping Craig coal unit open

Coyote Gulch
#Drought news March 19, 2026: The Sangre de Cristo Mountains and portions of the San Juan Mountains in southern #Colorado and northern #NewMexico saw widespread worsening conditions this week
Romancing the River: The Era of Conquest Part 2 — George Sibley (SibleysRivers.com) #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification #ClimateChange
#Colorado’s dust-free snow is a bright spot in an otherwise poor winter — Shannon Mullane (Fresh Water News) #snowpack #runoff

Freshwater News
Rural Colorado pushing for new rules on how big cities revegetate land after water deals

Ars Technica
Coal plant forced to stay open due to emergency order isn't even running

Grist
The Great Lakes are ideal for wind energy. So where is it?
Is your state becoming uninsurable? We have the latest data.
Scientists race to decode data from Europe’s vanishing glaciers

jfleck at inkstain
The Colorado River and the Tragedy of the Anti-Commons

Science Daily
Wildfires in carbon-rich tropical peatlands hit 2000-year high

Phys.org
Old-growth forests store a lot more carbon than managed forests, study finds
New ice core studies expand histories of greenhouse gases and ocean temperature to 3 million years
First world map shows impact of the tidal pulse in coastal rivers
Using cow dung for sustainable carbon dioxide capture
Global study finds majority of people worldwide prioritize environmental protection over economic growth

LA Times
California says Trump cannot roll back key climate rule in new lawsuit
California will get $540 million for water projects, Trump administration announces

New York Times

Grappling with the ‘entirely unprecedented’

24 States Sue the E.P.A. for Renouncing Its Power to Fight Climate Change
Trump’s Homeland Security Pick Says He’d End Policy That Slowed Disaster Aid
Why Tech Giants Are Ditching the Power Grid  Seeking power for data centers, Meta and other companies plan to use equipment that is expensive and polluting.
FEMA to Relaunch Climate Resiliency Grants, Complying With Court Order
Nebraska Wildfires Consume Nearly 800,000 Acres
California pledges to open 7% of its land and waters to Indigenous tribes — a step toward healing a 175-year-old broken promise

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