Tag: Global Warming
Can outdoor recreation and energy sector coexist on Colorado’s Western Slope?
The oil-and-gas debate on Colorado’s Western Slope is as rife with contradictions as the ridgelines and valleys of Garfield County are with drilling rigs.
Hunters in pickup trucks you’d expect to see plastered with “Drill here, drill now” bumper stickers instead sport the “Save the Roan” rallying cry. Ski-area executives whose industry in some cases was built with oil money can’t buy enough wind energy nor contribute fast enough to campaigns to raise oil and gas severance taxes.
Polis opponent Starin says climate change not caused by man
Echoing his party’s vice presidential nominee, Republican congressional candidate Scott Starin Wednesday told the Colorado Independent he does not believe global climate change is caused by man.
Starin, a Lafayette aerospace engineer who’s running against Boulder Democrat Jared Polis for the 2nd Congressional District seat being vacated by Mark Udall, sounded a lot like Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who said during her recent vice-presidential debate with Joe Biden that she was uncertain of man’s role and that cyclical weather patterns may be responsible.
A cowtown no more; Denver leads on sustainability
With the Democratic National Convention fading into memory, Denver has unofficially rebranded itself as a global city. At least that's what Andre Pettigrew, Denver's executive director of economic development said yesterday at a meeting hosted by the Connected Organizations for a Responsible Economy, a trade association devoted to sustainable practices.
CU scientists: Arctic sea ice hits second-lowest point since measurements began
Arctic sea ice appears to have stopped melting for the summer, leaving behind the second-greatest expanse of ocean than any year since scientists began measuring, according to a report released this week by the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado. There was slightly more ice-melt last summer, the NSIDC said, but the preliminary 2008 data show nearly 1 million square miles less sea ice than average over the last 30 years.
Global warming deniers cancel meeting over storm
In an irony of ironies, the pro-oil, anti-tax advocacy group Americans for Prosperity was forced to cancel an Aug. 19 meeting in Florida due to ... Tropical Storm Fay.
Salazar Recognized on Global Warming Issue
The Environmental Defense Action Fund, lobbying arm of the group Environmental Defense, has put Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar on its "Ten Senators to Watch" ...
Poll: Coloradans Support Carbon Emissions Reduction Fee
Group will try to put initiative on the 2008 ballot that would raise energy costs but reduce Colorado emissions. A poll shows strong voter...
Energy Expert to State Lawmakers: Global Warming is Not a Partisan...
Continuing our new series, Colorado Confidential is publishing guest commentaries from politicos, former lawmakers, issues groups and others on their hopes for the 2008...
Nobel Makes Global Warming a Hot Policy Topic
After burying skeptics under mounds of Nobel Peace Prize-worthy research, members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change push for serious government action.Scientist Elisabeth...
Two-and-a-half hours to midnight
For about 15 years now I've been participating in an annual survey run by the Asahi Glass Foundation on "Environmental Problems and the Survival...