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Environment/Energy

Vail Resorts contributes $500,000 to DNC

With a hefty $500,000 donation to the Democratic National Convention (DNC), scheduled for Aug. 25-28, the state’s largest ski-resort operator, Vail Resorts, is looking...

Who says gas doesn’t grow on trees?

The Fort Collins Coloradoan is reporting that a professor at the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) may have found part of the answer to...

Threat of terror attack debated in Beaver Creek

In the world of high-profile mountain resorts in the United States, celebrities and Fortune 500 executives know that Aspen is where you go to...

Beaver Creek beleaguered by bruins

Posh, gated Beaver Creek resort is this summer’s culinary hot spot for the ursine set, at least according to one wildlife officer quoted in...

Is there a speaker in the House? Grand Junction

Driving westbound on Interstate 70 to spend a weekday with state Rep. Bernie Buescher in his hometown of Grand Junction, you’ll pass a number...

Rain new focus in mountain west water wars

Are you an undercover backyard criminal? Our New Mexico Independent colleague Joel Gay explores the latest salvo in the water war — Coloradans illegally collecting...

With tongues in cheeks, Perlmutter and Salazar welcome Republicans to renewables

U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo., and Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., are lauding a group of 11 Republican congressmembers’ first visit this afternoon to the...

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Ski areas face reality that pine beetles have won the war

For years ski-area operators and Forest Service officials who manage he public lands the resorts lease have been battling not only the largest and...

Energy debate excludes conservation

As Congress and the White House joust over the proposed expansion of offshore drilling for oil and gas, the debate has hinged on 68...
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