Category Archive: Politics

Longmont Ballot Question 300 to Ban Fracking Passes with Safe Margin

Longmont Ballot Question 300 to ban “fracking” has passed by a margin of nearly 17 percent of votes last Tuesday, Nov. 6.

Boulder Extends Climate Action Plan Tax

Boulder voters agreed Tuesday to extend the city’s Climate Action Plan tax through March 2018.

Climate Change and the 2012 Presidential Campaign

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.

Short Trail a Long Time in the Making

The Boulder City Council recently authorized the completion of the IBM Connector, a 0.6-mile trail that is four years in the making.

“127 Hours” Survivor Aron Ralston Calls for Protection of Utah’s Greater Canyonlands

View of Canyonlands National Park from the Green River Overlook. The Greater Canyonlands lie outside the National Park. (Photo/ Phil Armitage).

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 …

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Flaming Gorge Pipeline Permit Denied a Second Time

Flaming Gorge. Green River, Wyoming. Photo/War Department. Office of the Chief of Engineers. U.S. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel. Circa 1872.

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 …

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