Vonn ready to race in World Cup downhill at Lake Louise
Forgoing surgery on a partially torn ligament in her right knee to race in this weekend’s women’s World Cup at Lake Louise, Canada, is a clear sign of just how…
A Colorado county aims to capitalize on real estate’s walkability trend
The trend toward walkable neighborhoods seems to be gaining strength, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors released October 31. Sixty percent of respondents to the…
Bringing climate change home
Recently, I was listening to a climate advocate recount her experience at a community workshop she had attended in Arizona on the topic of drought. The organizers were happy to…
Governor says fracking ban votes reflect ‘genuine anxiety’
Gov. John Hickenlooper on Friday acknowledged that recent municipal votes imposing hydraulic fracturing bans in four Colorado cities demonstrate the health concerns of Colorado residents living in the midst of…
Arizona: the bull’s-eye of climate change
On the heels of the recent released report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a group of University of Arizona climate experts came together to discuss the report’s implications…
The start of one Climate Conversation
The impetus for this blog was a conversation I had with my wife, Carol, about climate change. Our most recent conversation was triggered by a piece on NPR’s This American…
More complaints levied against notorious Colorado ‘dark-money’ group in Montana election scandal
A notorious pro-business non-profit group founded in Colorado landed in more hot water last week with the Montana Commissioner of Political Practices, who filed 10 more complaints connected to four…
Construction to creativity, the art of building a better economy in Ridgway, Colo.
There’s little doubt that the ‘Great Recession’ punched a hole in the American economy, but it dealt a particularly crushing blow to the construction industry. Along with manufacturing, construction was…
New disease discovered: Colorado boy cannot properly process vitamin B
An international team of scientists, including University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado researchers, has discovered a new disease related to an inability to process Vitamin B12.…
Existing home sales spike has local, regional implications
The National Association of Realtors made a big splash with their report on existing home sales this week, showing marked improvement in one of the key indicators for the health of the national…
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