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Oil and gas setback initiative: It’s time to stop begging and...

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When it comes to the issue of climate change there are only four kinds of people: ignorant, evil, hypocritical and sincere. When it comes to...

On a positive note… mostly

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Folks often ask me why we don’t report more “good news.” I usually fire back something along the lines of “nobody wants to read...

The collapse of compassion

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Anne Harper and her family, along with their 14 or so neighbors, have a serious problem. The place they care about most, their home, is about to be changed forever and not in a good way. They are trying desperately to save their small rural community, which the ...

Failure to extend drilling moratorium sparks talk of recall election for...

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If the emails crossing my screen these days are to be believed, then last week’s vote by the Boulder County commissioners to allow the county’s moratorium on oil and gas drilling to expire is shaping up to be the Lexington/Concord of the great fracking showdown...

Trump’s war on Earth

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I know, the title sounds like something out of a movie or religion starring Tom Cruise. I wish that were the case but, unfortunately, it’s...

Five questions for the director of the COGCC

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At 9:05 a.m. on July 31, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) will be holding a public meeting at CU School of...

Hickenlooper’s drinking problem

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There’s more than one way to lie. You can knowingly offer up false information as truth, or you can offer up little pieces of a story while leaving out other parts of the tale in order to convey a false impression without actually stating an inaccurate fact...

Canary of the West

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I’ve always had a soft spot for the canary in the coal mine. The way it sings its tune to announce all is well and then falls over dead when the poison gas appears, just to give miners a few precious minutes to save themselves from the same fate. It seems a lot to ...

Don’t take the bait

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It was a nearly packed house Tuesday, Aug. 26, in the Longmont City Council chambers as citizens who believe that local communities should have the final say over fracking in their neighborhoods turned up in good numbers...

The oil and gas war is over?

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“Today, with the signing of this bill, it is our hope that the oil and gas wars that have enveloped our state are over,...

Smart Track? We’re not that stupid

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What does Smart Track have in common with the Brooklyn Bridge? They both get sold to suckers...

Don’t trade pennies for your planet

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There is an old political joke in my business in which a reporter who doesn’t much care for a particular candidate shouts out at a press conference, “Do you still beat your wife?” The candidate, who of course has never done such a despicable thing, quickly responds ...