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TotalEnergies and Vanguard Renewables Establish Partnership for Renewable Natural Gas Projects in the U.S

TotalEnergies, a global integrated energy company, and Vanguard Renewables, a U.S. leader in farm-based organics-to-renewable natural gas production and a portfolio company of a fund managed by BlackRock’s Diversified Infrastructure…

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LGIM has launched a new ETF to support the global shift towards renewable energy

Legal & General Investment Management ("LGIM") has revealed the growth of its ETF selection by introducing the L&G Energy Transition Commodities UCITS ETF ("the Fund"). The Fund aims…

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A wolf in Grand County, Colorado, killed a calf, but wildlife officials are not revealing if the reintroduced animal was to blame

A wolf killed a calf in north-central Colorado this week, but wildlife officials wouldn’t say whether the animal responsible was one of the 10 released in December as part of the state’s reintroduction effort.

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A regular person who is also a scientist measured the amount of snow in Colorado for 50 years. New hips helped him keep doing it

Billy Barr started recording snow and weather data over 50 years ago as a new Rutgers University environmental science graduate in Gothic, near part of the Colorado River’s headwaters.

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The important part of Biden's plan to reduce climate change involves having charging stations for electric vehicles, but only 4 states have them

Only four states have opened public EV charging stations funded by the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program.

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Biden administration restores protections for endangered species that were removed by Trump

On Thursday, the Biden administration reinstated the rules to safeguard endangered plants and animals that had been reversed under former President Donald Trump.

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Colorado lawmakers propose plan after half of Colorado’s waters lost federal protections

Colorado legislators are working on laws to protect some of the state's most delicate water sources from pollution following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that reduced federal protections.

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As electric car sales decrease, the US government is temporarily relaxing its plans for tougher vehicle emission standards

The Biden administration is expected to announce new automobile emissions standards this week, which will ease proposed limits for three years but eventually reach the same strict standards proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency. The changes come as sales of zero-tailpipe emissions electric vehicles, required to meet the standards, have begun to slow down. The auto industry has objected to the EPA's preferred standards revealed last April, citing lower sales growth. The changes seem to be aimed at addressing strong industry opposition to the accelerated ramp-up of EVs, as well as public reluctance to fully embrace the new technology.

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Under Colorado’s recent law to save water, here's where decorative grass will be prohibited from 2026 onwards

Swaths of Kentucky bluegrass will become a less common sight across Colorado after lawmakers passed a bill to ban new nonfunctional turf in hopes of conserving water.

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