Tag: Telluride
The Irony of an Electric Car Named “Tesla”
Thomas Edison became a household name for inventing the first practical incandescent light bulb. But because of what happened in a small town in...
News Poetry PSA: Mark Fischer Poetry Prize
Fans of The Colorado Independent’s news poetry series will be interested to know that a $1,000 award out of Telluride is currently accepting submissions by West-of-the-Mississippi poets.
San Juan Wilderness Act reaches committee
A plan to protect more than 60,000 acres in southwestern Colorado reached the Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee last week where U.S. Sen. Mark Udall emphasized how public lands can be a boon to the economy
DOE gets an earful on uranium mine leasing program near Telluride,...
Depends where you were last week when the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) took feedback on its uranium mine leasing program in southwest Colorado. In some places like Telluride, according to media reports, the feds met with stiff resistance. Others, like Montrose, the reaction was more mixed.
Uranium mill opponents blast rosy new economic report on nuclear power
A Canadian company hoping to revive the long-dormant uranium mining hotbed of southwestern Colorado is touting an economic report prepared for Montrose County showing world uranium demand is expected to double in coming year, according to the Telluride Daily Planet.
Ranked voting will be on the ballot in Fort Collins
Advocates from across the political spectrum officially launched a campaign this week to radically change how Fort Collins elects city officials.
Gold, silver mining plan makes Ouray County commissioners nervous
Ouray County commissioners are wary of a plan to conduct exploratory gold and silver drilling in one of the most scenic areas of Colorado...
State to begin uranium mill review despite lack of enviro feedback
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment late last week deemed complete a uranium mill application by Ontario-based Energy Fuels, starting what will...
Ex-eBay CEO Whitman called a lib in sheep’s clothing for Telluride...
Telluride second-home owner and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman is having her conservative street cred questioned for doing something that’s apparently a big no-no...
Montrose County faces divisive uranium mill permit decision
MONTROSE — Actress and environmental activist Daryl Hannah says all the heated rhetoric over who should have the most say about the proposed Piñon Ridge uranium mill — western Montrose County mining families or affluent residents of Telluride and surrounding San Miguel County — is a moot point to Mother Earth. “These boundaries and these borders are manmade, but the air and the water and the soil and the wildlife don’t really recognize those boundaries,” she said in an interview with The Colorado Independent.
Montrose County commissioners on Wednesday will consider a plan to revive the area's long-dormant uranium industry.