Longmont Ballot Question 300 to ban “fracking” has passed by a margin of nearly 17 percent of votes last Tuesday, Nov. 6.
Category Archive: Politics
“127 Hours” Survivor Aron Ralston Calls for Protection of Utah’s Greater Canyonlands
by Leia Larsen In 2003, Aron Ralston became trapped while hiking alone in Utah’s Greater Canyonlands. A boulder had become dislodged, pinning Ralston’s right arm on a narrow canyon ledge. After six days, Ralston amputated his own hand and walked several miles to help. Ralston’s trial became well known after it was portrayed in his …
Flaming Gorge Pipeline Permit Denied a Second Time
by Annika Schaffroth Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Committee denied an application for the Flaming Gorge Pipeline, a $7 to 9 billion dollar water project that would bring water 500 miles from the Green River in Wyoming to the Eastern slope of Colorado. This is the second time Aaron Million, president of Wyco Power and …



Climate Change and the 2012 Presidential Campaign
Analysis & Commentary, Blog, Climate, Climate Change, Policy & Politics, Politics
Oct 10
by The Boulder Stand
To better understand the stances that the Obama administration and GOP running mates Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan have actually taken on climate change, read our commentary on Rhizome.
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