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Western Slope Round Up: Activist Stirs Up Oil and Gas Industry
What possesses a person to embrace a cause? How does one make a difference in Western Colorado? And what would drive someone to a...
Science Sunday: Intelligent Design Goes to the Movies
Filmmakers try to insert "intelligent design" back into the scientific debate -- without much success.According to Of Pandas and People, a textbook outlining the...
Two Groups Urging Colorado Carbon Fee Initiatives
Two different strategies to try to raise the price of carbon emissions in Colorado to fight climate change.With considerable fanfare, more than 200 leading...
Western Slope Round Up: Severance Tax is the Talk of the Town
Severance tax is just about the No. 1 topic among oil-and-gas boom communities' political leaders on the Western Slope because in their opinion, it's...
Western Slope Round-Up: Warm Weather Challenged Hunters
The number of deer and elk in Colorado is steady, but the number of successful hunters seems to be down this year. Did a...
Divided Court Sinks Conservation Ballot Measure
The Colorado Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision on Monday, held that a proposed citizen initiative entitled "New State Department and Elected Board for...
Scientists Create Stem Cells Without Embryos
Researchers produce "pluripotent" stems cells from human skin cells, potentially removing ethical concerns for life-saving research.The battle over stem cell research is one of...
Increased Mineral Lease Funds Could Help Build, Repair Schools
What may be best for Colorado K-12 schools is BEST, a proposal by Democratic legislative officials that would use federal mineral lease revenues to...
Science Sunday: The Holy Grail of Climate Science
CU scientists work on making regional climate predictions.The next major frontier in the science of climate change is going to be the attempt to...
Ritter Energized by Canuck Trip, Eh?
A tour of one of the world's largest open-pit mines for extracting tar sands in Fort McMurray, Canada, made an impression on Gov. Bill...