Paving Paradise
What is so rare as a day in June? An acre without a road through it, at least on the Front Range.
Road density along...
Shafroth Declares for District 2 Seat
Boulder environmentalist Will Shafroth, 49, has made it official: He's a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the District 2 congressional seat being vacated...
Global Warming Poised to Hit Colorado Farmers in the Pocketbook
The list of possible hazards from global climate change is long, but there is one that appears to be poised to hit Colorado ranchers...
Colorado Lagging Badly in Curbing CO2 Emissions
Colorado had the fifth largest increase in carbon dioxide emissions -- the most important greenhouse gas -- of all states in the U.S. between...
Of Earth Day And “Eco-Tyranny”
Newspapers across the United States weighed in this weekend with all sorts of environmental reports and opinions marking the anniversary of Earth Day.
In...
Western Slope Round-Up: Book Snails & Street Heat
Take a short trip--well, actually a delayed trip with all the road problems--around the Western Slope. We've captured a few news highlights that feature...
Ritter Warns of Potentially Damaging Fire Season
All that snow we got this winter doesn't seem to have allayed fears of a bad fire season. Gov. Bill Ritter says, "There are...
John and Teresa Kerry on the Environment
The Tattered Cover Book Store needs no introduction. The woody reading room where authors flog their books is a much-coveted venue, covered with photos...
Kerry Calls Carbon Capture Critical for Climate
No new coal-fired power plants should be built in the United States without the ability to capture carbon, Sen. John Kerry (D.-Mass.) said in...
State environment budget takes big hit
Colorado's budget for environmental protection is taking a hit of about 14 percent, or about $7.5 million from agency requests for the 2007-08 fiscal...