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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Colorado Newsletter for Tuesday January 07, 2025 ( 3 items )  

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences: Wildfires Accompanied Past Periods of Abrupt Climate Change
BOULDER, Colorado, Jan. 7 (TNSres) -- The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences issued the following news on Jan. 6, 2025: * * * Ancient gases trapped in Antarctic ice reveal past patterns in wildfire activity are linked to changing temperatures, rainfall * * * During the last glacial period, when large swaths of the North American continent were covered in ice, rapid, repeating shifts in temperature and tropical rainfall continually altered environments around the wor  more

National Center for Atmospheric Research: A Change in the Weather in the Corn Belt
BOULDER, Colorado, Jan. 7 (TNSres) -- The National Center for Atmospheric Research issued the following news release: The sweeping land use changes and irrigation of the U.S. Corn Belt, along with the influence of the area's shallow groundwater, have significantly altered precipitation patterns in that vital agricultural region, new research shows. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, focuses on "precipitation recycling" -- a process in which the moistur  more

Western Energy Alliance: Biden Threatens National, Local Park Funds With Offshore Order
DENVER, Colorado, Jan. 7 -- Western Energy Alliance issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2025: * * * * President's order putting offshore resources off limits threatens conservation funding * Offshore production is a major source of conservation funding under the Great American Outdoors Act * $2.8 billion annually for national parks and community outdoor projects put at risk * * * Western Energy Alliance sounds the alarm on how President Biden's executive action today to eliminate   more