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Citizens gather to discuss Gross Reservoir expansion
A proposal by Denver’s water authority to expand Gross Reservoir in Boulder County is in the approval process, and concerned citizens and environmental groups...
Conference on World Affairs preview
The 68th annual Conference on World Affairs hits Boulder on April 4 and runs through April 8. Yes, that Conference on World Affairs, the...
Remembering Berta Cáceres
(return to Paying the price)
In the early morning of March 3, 2016, prominent environmental and indigenous rights activist Berta Cáceres was killed while sleeping...
Paying the price
When I first meet Juan de Dios García, he’s laughing. His dark eyes twinkle as his dimples indent and his smile broadens. But there...
Proposed bill: local control over oil and gas activity
Comments from lawmakers, advocates and industry personnel were heard this week by a state assembly panel on a bill that would give local control...
The Foilies 2016
Last spring, Shoshana Walter with the Center for Investigative Reporting filed a routine public records request with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department for a...
A prominent law professor talks immigration
It wasn’t that long ago that George W. Bush was a champion for the legalization of undocumented workers and Senators John McCain (R-Arizona) and...
Will oil destroy this Mayan village in Belize?
His face is lined, his skin the color of the muddy Temash River we just crossed, and his hair jet black. When he says,...
Time to revisit Boulder’s controversial camping ban
Two separate reports released within the last month confirm assertions long-argued by homeless advocates — Boulder’s camping ban disproportionately affects and is enforced against...
U.S. moves to take grizzly off endangered species list
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced last week they will move forward with a proposal to delist grizzly bears in the Greater...
Colorado’s role in California’s Porter Ranch disaster
It is eerie in Porter Ranch. It feels like an uber-rich Mayberry, if the Mayberry gas utility started leaking massive quantities of methane and...
Deconstructing gender
On March 10, the TRANSforming Gender Conference will begin its 10th year highlighting the diversity of gender and addressing equality, support, visibility and scholarship...
