rssColorado Gov. John Hickenlooper’s climate change rhetoric continues to cool
By Troy Hooper |
02.07.12 | 4:14 pm
The governor’s stance on climate change continues to retreat like so many of the world’s glaciers.
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Ahead of caucuses, major Colorado tea party group promotes Ron Paul
By John Tomasic |
02.07.12 | 11:19 am
In advance of the Colorado Republican caucuses tonight, the Northern Colorado Tea Party– perhaps the most influential of the state’s many tea party groups– isn’t backing away from its constitutional conservative mission. Far from recommending members warm up to presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney, the group has unofficially thrown its support behind libertarian Congressman Ron Paul.
Santorum and Gingrich dismiss climate change, vow to dismantle the EPA
By Troy Hooper |
02.06.12 | 5:30 pm
GOLDEN — A day before Republicans voice their presidential preferences in Colorado caucuses, Rick Santorum dismissed climate change as “a hoax” and advocated an energy plan heavy on fossil fuels.
In Colorado classrooms, climate change skepticism rising like ocean levels
By David O. Williams |
01.31.12 | 10:23 am
Climate change skepticism is creeping into classrooms even as advocacy groups try to broaden their reach using new-school X Games athletes to spread the message to high schools students.
Snow drought forces Colorado to face frightening new climate-change reality
By David O. Williams |
01.09.12 | 9:10 am
Just a year after record snowfall throughout much of the Rocky Mountain West, the region is locked in a snow drought not seen since Jimmy Carter surrendered the White House to Ronald Reagan in the early 1980s. The record dry conditions have lawmakers and industry observers extremely concerned about looming water shortages and wildfire danger.
Pacific Institute hands out Climate B.S. of the Year Awards; Koch brothers finish fourth
By Troy Hooper |
01.06.12 | 12:35 pm
Al Gore made headlines when he called B.S. on climate change deniers in Aspen over the summer, and now the Pacific Institute is doing the same. But this time B.S. stands for “bad science.”
Report: Colorado’s Gardner stars in ‘most anti-environment House’ in U.S. history
By Troy Hooper |
01.03.12 | 2:04 pm
U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., is among the legislative antagonists singled out in a new report (pdf) detailing the first session of what it calls “the most anti-environment House in the history of Congress.”
U.S. dogged as ‘immoral’ at Durban climate conference
By John Tomasic |
12.07.11 | 6:48 am
As the United Nations climate talks in Durban progress, they are becoming increasingly combative, offering a soft preview of the kind of political atmosphere destined to prevail in a world where agriculture in vulnerable regions of the planet begins to succumb to catastrophic drought and flooding. The United States and Canada have drawn intense criticism here during the first two days of the conference.
Casida takes on Tipton: Conservative says West Slope congressman isn’t her cup of tea
By Troy Hooper |
12.01.11 | 10:07 am
Tisha Casida is a 29-year-old southern Colorado-bred conservative. The Keystone XL Pipeline, she suggests, is safer and probably better for the environment than sending oil tankers across the Atlantic. The country’s conflict over carbon dioxide, she hints, may be as much a waste of time as the war on drugs. She makes no bones that she is disappointed in her congressman, Scott Tipton, because he hasn’t demonstrated leadership on a few crucial issues, like speaking out against the Patriot Act.
Federal officials caught in ‘snarky’ exchange with public over coal mine expansion
By David O. Williams |
11.30.11 | 6:59 am
Clearly U.S. Forest Service (USFS) officials and opponents of coal mine expansion in western Colorado won’t be exchanging Christmas cards this holiday season. Instead, shovelfuls of coal and snark to spare will be dumped in their respective stockings.
