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Break Free events come to Colorado
On April 22, over 170 countries signed the COP21 climate agreement at the United Nations in New York, pledging to limit the global temperature...
Supreme Court decision ends Longmont fracking ban
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled against the City of Longmont’s voter-approved 2012 fracking ban on Monday, May 2, stating it conflicts with state law...
A reason for hope
Jim Eastman needs a new kidney. But so do 1,941 other people in Colorado and Wyoming according to the Donor Alliance, a nonprofit organ...
‘BW’ wins 34 awards from Society of Professional Journalists
In this year’s multi-state Top of the Rockies contest put on by the Society of Professional Journalists, Boulder Weekly won 13 first place awards...
Signature time for anti-fracking initiatives
Colorado voters could see two constitutional amendment initiatives on the November ballot that, if passed, would limit oil and gas development near populated areas...
Top environmental scientists, authors to lead Earth Day discussion
Top environmental journalists, professors and analysts will direct a teach-in on global warming, fracking and the oil and gas industry at the University of...
Boulder-Nablus Sister City project heads back to City Council
The last time the Boulder-Nablus Sister City project brought their plea to create an official Sister City partnership before Boulder City Council, the hearing...
Our last moment to act
In late 2012, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced he was considering opening New York to fracking, allowing the oil and gas industry to develop the...
Tech’s role in domestic violence gets forum
A group of domestic abuse counselors, police officers, detectives, lawyers, district attorneys and more will meet this Thursday, April 14 and Friday, April 15...
A jobless economy and a citizenless democracy are upon us
Right before scientist Gill Pratt left his post as the lead robotics researcher for the U.S. Department of Defense last August, he published a...
A good bill goes down
For the second year in a row, a bill aimed at recovering more than $100 million in tax revenue from Colorado businesses that stash...
Talking it out
The past few years have marked a broadening in the conversation about race and policing in the United States. The disproportionate number of young...