Related Search

Idle Thoughts about Denver International Airport

Environmental group rips Obama's choice of Ken Salazar as Interior Secretary

Local coverage of Barack Obama's selection of Colorado Senator Ken Salazar as the next Secretary of the Interior has mostly been rah-rah, sis-boom-bah. Take the Denver Post editorial "Salazar a Wise Choice for West, Nation." But as noted in a National Public Radio story, assorted environmental gro ... More >>

All's Not Well

Local coverage of Barack Obama's selection of Colorado Senator Ken Salazar as the next Secretary of the Interior has mostly been rah-rah, sis-boom-bah. Take the Denver Post editorial "Salazar a Wise Choice for West, Nation." But as noted in a National Public Radio story, assorted environmental gro ... More >>

Best Way to See Water Being Used and Abused

Local coverage of Barack Obama's selection of Colorado Senator Ken Salazar as the next Secretary of the Interior has mostly been rah-rah, sis-boom-bah. Take the Denver Post editorial "Salazar a Wise Choice for West, Nation." But as noted in a National Public Radio story, assorted environmental gro ... More >>

Drink Fat Tire, then walk home

What is the carbon footprint of a six-pack of Fat Tire amber ale? Do you even care after drinking all six bottles yourself? Two good questions, only one of which is answered in a report issued by the Fort Collins-based New Belgium Brewery, which makes Fat Tire. To find out, the brewery measured t ... More >>

Could proposed Colorado law to ban plastic bags actually end up hurting the environment?

So a bunch of Denver prep school students are asking state legislators to pass a bill banning plastic bags in Colorado. Good for them! Plastic bags are insidious, earth-hating little contraptions that waste valuable petroleum and choke innocent sea turtles (or, in Colorado, what -- prairie dogs?). ... More >>

Best Place to Learn About Mining's (Ugly) Legacy

So a bunch of Denver prep school students are asking state legislators to pass a bill banning plastic bags in Colorado. Good for them! Plastic bags are insidious, earth-hating little contraptions that waste valuable petroleum and choke innocent sea turtles (or, in Colorado, what -- prairie dogs?). ... More >>

He Walks With the Animals

Maybe Jasper Carlton is a radical -- or maybe he's ahead of his time.

Carbon Loading

Xcel’s solution to rising energy prices includes a lot of coal. Is that a bad thing?

Look Out Below!

When a Denver gas company started drilling wells in Las Animas County, it brought bad feelings to the surface.

Letters

When a Denver gas company started drilling wells in Las Animas County, it brought bad feelings to the surface.

Going to Ground

A private investigator tracks a toxic trail through Arvada.

ON THE SPOT

DRY-CLEANING BILLS ARE ON THE RISE--THANKS TO THE POLITICS OF "PERC."

Exxon-Mobil: admitted bird killers

Talk about paying at the pump.​Exxon-Mobil had a bad day in court in Denver yesterday. The firm pleaded guilty to killing migratory birds in five states, including Colorado. The size of the fine and community-service payments Exxon-Mobil has agreed to pony up -- $600,000 -- is, to use an avian ... More >>