Opinion

Coal is a hydrocarbon that, to the profound annoyance of a lot of people, sustains civilization as we know it. It’s mainly used to generate electricity, and nearly half the electricity used in the U.S. comes from coal-fired power plants. Another 20 percent comes from...

Corporate profits continue to be a priority over the environment — even in an “environmentally conscious” place like Boulder County.  Cemex is the No. 1...

Xcel Energy recently announced that it would use Governor John Hickenlooper’s July executive order calling for climate change policy as reason to bypass the...

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service, 88 percent of the 2011 U.S. corn crop consists of genetically engineered varieties — either herbicide-tolerant types like Monsanto’s Roundup Ready corn, or insect-resistant types ...

We all know that we have only a mere 11 years to save the planet from the global warming apocalypse. We know this because...

Not only have crowds been streaming into arenas all around the country to hear Bernie Sanders’ fact-studded speeches, but ordinary Americans have also been...

According to a recent poll, taken over the Fourth of July holiday of all times, nearly four out of 10 likely voters are so...

(Re: “The new era of conspiracy thinking,” commentary, Feb. 7.) Who are the real conspiracy theorists? I can agree with Mr. Dyer that there are nutcases out there, but I suggest he look into who is to blame for an epidemic of conspiracy theorists. I partially blame ...

The summer heat is not only breaking records (thank you, climate crisis) but also manifesting itself in the world of rent control and activism.  Two...

Talk about getting hoist with your own petard. Australian climate scientists have succeeded in convincing the management of the country’s main research institution, The Commonwealth...

Astute, sensible and humane My oldest three children will begin their senior, junior and sophomore years of high school in the next few days. As...

The ordeal of Northwestern University film professor Laura Kipnis, hauled before a campus gender equity tribunal for publishing a critique of academia’s current obsession with sexual misconduct, has brought the backlash against ‘political correctness’ to reliably ...