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A new shade of green
"Conservation movements are very white, and it’s time to make them more brown,” says Irene Vilar, the founder and director of the Americas Latino Festival, a three-day event happening in Boulder, Denver and Longmont Saturday, Nov. 16, through Monday, Nov. 18...
CU’s professor of the year traveled a rocky academic road
A University of Colorado faculty member who got one of the nation’s top teaching honors this week was nearly turned down when he came up for tenure a dozen years ago...
Two CU articles on Pollock mysteriously disappear
Two 2001 news stories outlining a tenure controversy surrounding CU’s newly named Professor of the Year appear to have been blocked from a former campus newspaper’s search engine...
In Philippines, massive devastation after typhoon
One of the largest storms on record has moved on past the island nation of the Philippines, but its damage is only just being measured. And for thousands of survivors, repair and relief are paired with sorrow as friends and relatives lost lives...
Pro-fracking commenter admits getting paid by industry
In yet another apparent example of big money infiltrating local elections, an individual who has reportedly become a frequent defender of “fracking” at recent Boulder City Council meetings has acknowledged that he is on the payroll of the Colorado Oil and Gas ...
Environmentalists: Air quality rules softened at behest of oil/gas industry
Anti-fracking activists are claiming that state officials have watered down a new set of proposed air quality regulations in response to pressure from the oil and gas industry...
EPA’s abandoned Wyoming fracking study one retreat of many
When the Environmental Protection Agency abruptly retreated on its multimillion-dollar investigation into water contamination in a central Wyoming natural gas field earlier this year, it shocked environmentalists and energy industry supporters alike...
Painting a path to Cambodia
For 48 hours straight, a paintbrush will be on canvas at the Naropa Community Art Studio. The two-day painting marathon, which begins at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 8, is to raise money to support the Naropa Community Art Studio-International in its third annual trip to ...
Citing industry ‘misinformation,’ anti-fracking group launches videos
Frack Free Colorado, a statewide environmental organization that is opposed to the oil and gas practice of hydraulic fracturing, has started a series of videos arguing against the practice...
Longmont sidesteps a third fracking lawsuit, hopes drilling permit bolsters case
The city of Longmont has negotiated changes in its agreement with oil and gas company TOP Operating Inc. in an effort to avoid getting embroiled in another lawsuit related to “fracking,” or hydraulic fracturing...
Xcel, city of Boulder disagree on significance of PUC ruling
When it comes to its current plans to create a municipal electric utility, the City of Boulder would prefer that the new utility be allowed to provide electricity to approximately 7,000 Boulder County residents who do not live within city limits. In layman’s terms...
Elise Jones, Lt. Gov. Garcia to advocate for carbon emissions limits
Public officials, environmental advocates and business owners will hold a press conference to emphasize the need for regulations on carbon pollution in Denver at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30 at the Tattered Cover bookstore on 16th Street in LoDo...
