Political fundraising and slope-side schmoozing raise conservative eyebrows at posh ski areas
Posh ski resorts in Vail, Aspen and Park City have long been playgrounds of the rich and famous, but increasingly they’re fertile ground for political fundraising and slope-side schmoozing between…
Looking back in order to go forward on climate change
A recently-published book tracing the history of climate in the West offers some interesting insights about how one could frame a conversation around climate change. B. Lynn Ingram and Frances…
A gettysburg address for climate change?
The recent coverage of the 150th anniversary of President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address got me thinking, could there ever be a Gettysburg Address on climate change? No doubt, there’s a lot that…
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…
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