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90 Degrees in Winter: This Is What Climate Change Looks Like
The National Weather Service is kind of the anti–Mike Daisey, a...
New law lowers fees for public records
As has been reported on numerous occasions in Boulder Weekly over the past 18 months, local governments have been using excessive research and retrieval fees to thwart access to public records that are necessary for proper government oversight...
Facebook Timeline Rolls Out to All Users (Whether They Want It...
Facebook pushed its Timeline profile to all users on Friday, the...
Storm wallops mid-Atlantic with 2 feet of snow
NEW YORK — The biggest winter storm in close to 90 years walloped the mid-Atlantic states Saturday, shutting down Washington, D.C. and burying the region in power outages, flight cancellations and miserable driving conditions...
Two Chicago men accused of plotting terrorist acts in Europe
CHICAGO — Terrorism-related charges were filed Tuesday...
Boulder-area lawmakers take aim at fracking
Fracking will be squarely in the crosshairs of several Boulder County lawmakers during the legislative session that started this week, due in part to frustration with the way a state commission recently chose to regulate oil and gas operations...
Chinese coral reefs drop 80 percent over 30 years
An Australian research team, working together with the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, found that coral reefs along mainland China and in the South China Sea have decreased by 80 percent over the last 30 years...
Study associates some birth defects with proximity to natural gas development
Living near hydraulic fracturing (fracking) sites may increase the risk of some birth defects, according to a new study, though the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has countered that the findings indicate association, not causation, and should ...
Telling secrets
One of the lawyers on the losing side of last week’s court decision allowing public bodies to vote in secret says his legal team will ask the Colorado Supreme Court to review the ruling, and some state lawmakers are considering legislation that would reverse the ...
BW joins ProPublica’s Documenting Hate project
In the wake of the 2016 presidential election, the U.S. has experienced an increase in media reported incidents of discrimination and hate crimes. The...
Twitter sees $1B in sales by 2014, report says
Twitter expects to post at least $1 billion in revenue by 2014 based on...