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December 27, 2011
Tim Wirth scolds Obama for lack of action on climate change
Environmental leaders who ardently supported Barack Obama in 2008 haven't had much to celebrate in the past three years, as key pieces of legislation dealing with climate change and controls on the energy industry have been scuttled, diluted or delayed -- by a bad economy, an increasingly intransige ... More >>
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December 9, 2011
Fracking: Polluted water in Wyoming could spell trouble in Colorado
Colorado oil pads.The release of an EPA report detailing suspected groundwater contamination from gas drilling operations in Wyoming comes just as Colorado is weighing tougher restrictions and wider disclosures about the hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" process -- and may serve as Exhibit A ... More >>
News
October 27, 2011
Denver has struggled with ozone levels for thirty years, and the fight isn't over yet
Colorado oil pads.The release of an EPA report detailing suspected groundwater contamination from gas drilling operations in Wyoming comes just as Colorado is weighing tougher restrictions and wider disclosures about the hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" process -- and may serve as Exhibit A ... More >>
Blogs
June 29, 2011
Plastic bag ban: If Basalt leads the charge, can Aspen be far behind?
In Colorado, degenerate urbanites are used to letting our mountain towns take the lead when it comes to killjoy environmental reforms, such as restricting the use of gas grills or parking spaces. So it figures that the green-leaning town of Basalt is proposing to get tough on plastic bag sinn ... More >>
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September 20, 2010
Telluride town council tells grocers that plastic bags aren't the future: Paper, damn it!
The town of Telluride is just weeks away from becoming the first municipality in the state to ban plastic bags at grocery stores and other retailers -- a move that keeps the mountain town in the vanguard of high-country green gestures, right up there with Aspen's designation of free parking f ... More >>
Blogs
July 1, 2010
Hermaphrodite fish? CU's David Norris on how chemicals can bend creek life genders
Male? Female? Both?We tend to think of water treatment safety in terms of potential harm to people. But CU-Boulder professor David Norris is also concerned about humans' impact on fish -- specifically the way chemicals we either dump out or excrete may be feminizing male fish, or creating on ... More >>
Blogs
August 14, 2009
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 >>
Blogs
January 28, 2009
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 >>
Blogs
January 21, 2009
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 >>
Blogs
December 17, 2008
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 >>
Blogs
July 28, 2008
Idle Thoughts about Denver International Airport
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 >>
News
October 27, 2005
Carbon Loading
Xcel�s solution to rising energy prices includes a lot of coal. Is that a bad thing?
Sports & Recreation
April 4, 2002
Best Place to Learn About Mining's (Ugly) Legacy
Idaho Springs Heritage Museum and Visitor's Center
People & Places
March 29, 2001
Best Way to See Water Being Used and Abused
South Platte River trail
News
March 23, 2000
All's Not Well
Bon Carbo residents are still fighting for their right to clean water.
News
June 17, 1999
He Walks With the Animals
Maybe Jasper Carlton is a radical -- or maybe he's ahead of his time.
News
November 12, 1998
Look Out Below!
When a Denver gas company started drilling wells in Las Animas County, it brought bad feelings to the surface.
News
October 31, 1996
Letters
When a Denver gas company started drilling wells in Las Animas County, it brought bad feelings to the surface.
News
August 1, 1996
Going to Ground
A private investigator tracks a toxic trail through Arvada.
News
July 12, 1995
ON THE SPOT
DRY-CLEANING BILLS ARE ON THE RISE--THANKS TO THE POLITICS OF "PERC."

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