I’m shattered to have to share this news with you. Peggy passed away at home on Thursday, August 21st, 2025. Peggy started From the Styx in February 2006 and continued to gather and publish important environmental issues that impact us… Read More ›
Human emissions drove the megadrought in the western US “Our results show that the drought and ocean patterns we’re seeing today are not just natural fluctuations — they’re largely driven by human activity.” — Jeremy Klavans, postdoctoral researcher in CU… Read More ›
Can Colorado recycle toxic water from oil and gas drilling without increasing emissions? Environmentalists fear the answer is “no,” as regulators determine how to permit more produced water recycling facilities in disadvantaged communities. Story by Jake Bolster, photos by Lee… Read More ›
New analysis shows waste emissions charge delay will cost taxpayers over a billion in lost funds Delay would make up just 0.2% of the total production revenues of reporting companies in 2023 When President Trump signed the “big beautiful” spending… Read More ›
Recently retired Colorado scientist Lisa McKenzie chased the link between fracking and adverse birth outcomes, cancer and cardiovascular disease By Jennifer Oldham (This story was originally published by Capital & Main) Public health researcher Lisa McKenzie remembers her first aerial… Read More ›
By Lisa McKenzie and Nicole Deziel, The Conversation Acute lymphocytic leukemia is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in children, although it is rare. It begins in the bone marrow and rapidly progresses. Long-term survival rates exceed 90%, but… Read More ›
LNG projects awaiting final investment decision do not stand up to U.S. Government analysis In December 2024, the Biden Administration’s Department of Energy (DOE) published a long-awaited update to the agency’s analysis of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. The multi-volume… Read More ›
Trump Administration used bogus “energy emergency” to rubberstamp expansion of Utah crude oil transport facility Abbreviated environmental review will lead to a dramatic expansion of the Wildcat Loadout Facility The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced on July 3 that… Read More ›
UPDATE — June 24, 2025 A provision mandating the sale of federal public lands across the West, including in Colorado, cannot be included in the Republican budget bill, the Senate’s parliamentarian has decided. Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled late Monday… Read More ›
Colorado Chevron well suffers blowout, community left in dark By Cassandra Ceballos Earthworks Energy Communications Associate When holes are drilled into the ground to frack and extract fossil fuels, no one and nothing is safe. There is no such thing… Read More ›
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