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Boulder director of ‘The Cove’ stands firm in face of lawsuit
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...
Utilities commission likely to make decision on Cherokee 4 today
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) will likely decide this morning on the fate of the Denver-area Cherokee 4 coal-fired power plant unit – one of the last major sticking points in getting the...
Obama explains deal: Tax cuts for wealthy the GOP ‘holy grail’
Taking heat from the left as well as from moderate Democrats like Colorado's Mark Udall for cutting a deal with Republicans to extend tax cuts for millionaires in a time of recession and ballooning...
Udall blasts Obama tax-cut deal and its $900 billion in debt over next two...
Democratic Sen. Mark Udall late Tuesday issued a fairly pointed rebuke of President Barack Obama's deal with Republican leaders to extend all the Bush-era tax cuts.
Obama defiantly defended the deal in the face of...
New Mexico establishes 3-percent carbon cap
New Mexico's Environmental Improvement Board on Monday passed a program designed to cut down on the carbon emissions from the state’s largest greenhouse gas producers. The cap-and-trade program would require the state’s largest polluters...
Report: ski areas becoming greener as flow of green decreases
Colorado ski resorts seem to be getting much better environmental marks these days from a grassroots activist group that ranks them based on recycling programs, development projects, energy efficiency and terrain expansion – but...
PUC still deliberating on Clean Air, Clean Jobs
The Colorado Public Utilities Commissioner Monday kicked off more hearings on a plan submitted by Xcel Energy that would brings the utility giant into compliance with the Clean Air, Clean Jobs Act passed by...
Game wardens work Colorado outback crime beat
Ah, the fresh air, the mountain views, the crystalline streams -- and the whack jobs with guns.
Being a game warden or park ranger in glorious Colorado may seem like the perfect job, but as...
At Prop. 8 appeal, anti-gay marriage attorneys work to make same failed arguments succeed
Attorneys presented oral arguments in the anti-gay marriage Proposition 8 appeal in San Francisco Monday. Prop 8 famously lost in court this summer when Judge Vaughn Walker struck down Prop 8 as unconstitutional for...
Sens Udall and Bennet vote for lower- and middle-class tax cuts
Senate Republicans killed two bills Saturday that sought to extend the Bush tax cuts to the middle class while letting the cuts expire for the country's wealthiest taxpayers. The first bill, passed by the...