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Boulder County Commissioner Will Toor outlines climate change mitigation and adaptation measures taken by the county

By | 04.01.11 | 7:33 am

At CU-Boulder this week, County Commissioner Will Toor presented an overview of the steps that Boulder County has taken and will take to plan for climate change, both in terms of mitigation and adaptation

Municipalizing energy may be just as difficult as it sounds, expert tells Boulder audience

By | 01.28.11 | 6:51 am

Opinions are mixed as Boulder considers whether to forge stronger relationship with Xcel or form its own municipal utility provider.

State Sen. Rollie Heath calls for more investment in education and mental health programs

By | 01.18.11 | 5:51 am

Sen. Rollie Heath, D-Boulder, at a public meeting Friday said that by restoring tax rates to minimally higher levels, the state’s higher education crisis could be somewhat alleviated. Pointing to the tragic events last week in Arizona, Heath also argued that we must invest more in Colorado’s beleaguered public mental health services to help prevent similar tragedies from occurring here.

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Cardinal O’Malley departs from Archbishop Chaput, welcomes children of gays

By | 01.15.11 | 12:03 pm

Nine months after Hingham Catholic school in Boston rescinded the application of a child of lesbian parents, the Archdiocese there has adopted a new admissions policy that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation. The new policy comes at the direction of Cardinal Sean O’Malley and stands in sharp contrast to the position taken by Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput, who supported Sacred Heart Elementary School in Boulder last year in rejecting the applications of two students because their parents are gay.

Boulder director of ‘The Cove’ stands firm in face of lawsuit

By | 12.08.10 | 8:50 am

Award-winning Boulder filmmaker Louie Psihoyos is being sued by one of the scientists interviewed for his blockbuster documentary, The Cove. Tetsuya Endo says his reputation has been tarnished and he wants his interviews removed from the film, which has…

Video: Gay activist Lt. Dan Choi talks DADT at CU

By | 12.03.10 | 3:36 pm

BOULDER – Prominent gay rights activist Lt. Dan Choi delivered an impassioned speech to hundreds of CU students on Thursday, offering his personal story on the military’s “Don’t Ask; Don’t Tell” gays in the military policy.

Olympic medalist, X Games champ Bleiler talks climate change at CU

By | 10.12.10 | 10:49 am

BOULDER — Champion snowboarder and Aspen native Gretchen Bleiler told students at CU Monday that she has been “chasing snow” for a decade and that the chase is getting more difficult every year.

“I’m definitely not a scientist.…

Growing up illegal in Colorado: Not just a Mexican thing

By | 09.16.10 | 8:13 am

Immigration. If you’ve wondered lately if it is possible to read about immigration without encountering the name “Tom Tancredo” or the phrase “sanctuary city”, you’re in for a treat.

High Country News, the non-profit biweekly published in Paonia, which covers…

Boulder’s destructive Fourmile Canyon blaze ‘looking a lot better’

By | 09.11.10 | 5:08 pm

BOULDER — Blue skies and sunshine set off Boulder in all its glory Saturday as normalcy returned to town. Concern that the Fourmile Canyon fire could move into the city ceased, as did the smoke pouring over the ridge lines. Firefighters say they have the nearly 6,500-acre blaze 56 percent contained.

Still unchecked, Boulder fire sparks climate change, beetle kill debate

By | 09.10.10 | 1:05 am

As strong winds whipped up again overnight in the Boulder area, where a Colorado record 169 homes have already been destroyed in the ongoing Fourmile Canyon Fire, there’s also a growing firestorm of debate over how climate change contributes to wildfires across the West.