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Democracy Now co-founder Goodman speaks Friday
Amy Goodman, host and co-founder of Democracy Now! will speak at the University of Colorado Boulder on Friday. Her speech, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Math 100 lecture hall on campus, will discuss how various forms of independent media have spurred positive social change...
Walmart heirs quietly fund Walmart’s environmental allies
A few weeks ago, The New York Times ran a story on the front page of the business section under the headline “Unexpected Ally Helps Walmart Cut Waste...
Side projects
On the surface, the race for Boulder County Treasurer appears to be one of the least interesting issues on this year’s ballot. Democrat Paul Weissmann is running unopposed to replace incumbent Bob Hullinghorst, who is being term-limited out of office...
Arrest made in racial incident
The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a racially-toned threat that had been written on a table in the cafeteria at Arapahoe Ridge High School, 6600 Arapahoe Road, on April 13. The threat warned that members of a minority group at the school would ...
Startup Converts Plastic To Oil, And Finds A Niche
Only 7 percent of plastic waste in the United States is recycled each...
Boulder group has funds frozen by Russia in Olympic environmental flap
The Russian government has reportedly frozen the assets of an environmental group funded by a Boulder nonprofit because the group has been critical of ecological damage done by construction of Olympic facilities in Sochi...
How EPA helps big corporations greenwash
While I generally have nothing but praise for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), its Green Power Partnership...
Florida readies itself to house, help Haitian refugees
MIAMI — North Miami has designated an old high school as a potential shelter. The Krome detention center in West Miami-Dade is another possibility. In Broward County, Sheriff Al Lamberti said he's prepared to reopen a jail shut down last year by budget cuts...
