rssSnowless ski race helps connect dots between climate change, real problems
By Troy Hooper |
05.07.12 | 9:21 am
Gnarly terrain greeted a group of climate change activists in Aspen over the weekend.
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Aspen, Carbondale ban plastic bags at main grocery stores, promote reusable alternatives
By Troy Hooper |
05.01.12 | 12:02 pm
The main food markets in Aspen and Carbondale have stopped bagging groceries in plastic.
Aspen divorces U.S. Chamber of Commerce over disagreement about climate change
By Troy Hooper |
04.27.12 | 7:03 am
Aspen isn’t the first to sever ties with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over political differences. One of the last to do it, Homer, Alaska, made national headlines when its chamber canceled its membership.
Bar codes allow ballots to be traced back to voters in dozens of Colorado counties
By Troy Hooper |
03.30.12 | 9:46 am
The challenges mounting on Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler’s desk go beyond whether to mail ballots to residents who haven’t voted in a while. He has another predicament: bar codes.
Tipton calls campaign violation an accident
By Troy Hooper |
03.05.12 | 7:29 am
Before a fireside chat with a youthful crowd of skiers and snowboarders here, U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton downplayed his staff’s recently disclosed violation of House rules.
Economists urge Obama, Congress to protect more public lands
By Troy Hooper |
12.02.11 | 2:14 pm
Protecting public lands can be a boon for the private sector, attracting companies and workers to the communities that border them, more than 100 economists wrote in letter to President Obama this week.
Koch family feud finds common ground in funding for Tipton
By Troy Hooper |
09.20.11 | 7:54 am
Billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch don’t often see eye
to eye with youngest brother Bill. On at least two things, though, they share common ground: A love for Colorado and an eagerness to fund Rep. Scott Tipton’s campaigns.
Pro snow riders bumming out over GOP’s assault on the EPA and climate science
By Troy Hooper |
09.14.11 | 6:28 am
A trio of professional snow shredders are charging the biggest hill in
Washington, D.C., this week. Their message: Congress is getting too radical on Capitol Hill.
Inhofe endorses Perry, who calls for less regulation of Wall Street and the energy biz
By Scot Kersgaard |
08.30.11 | 8:39 am
One of the world’s premier global warming deniers, Sen. James Inhofe, R-OK, Monday endorsed Rick Perry for president. Colorado politics watchers may remember it was shortly before last November’s election that Inhofe came to Colorado to engage in some joint campaigning with senate candidate Ken Buck.
Something stinks in the climate change debate
By Troy Hooper |
08.15.11 | 8:24 am
No wonder global warming has Al Gore so hot under the collar. His harangue against climate change deniers induced a frenzy of conservative chest-pounding last week wherein Fox News and the usual suspects swore his scatological sermon must be a symptom of dementia. They went on to spew the same misleading memes the ex-vice president decried in Aspen.
