Press release: USAF proposes low altitude tactical training area
CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. - The United States Air Force is seeking input regarding its intent to prepare an Environmental Assessment to evaluate the potential environmental consequences of establishing a Low Altitude Tactical Navigation area in...

SRI in the Rockies Conference Announces 2010 Agenda
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO--(Marketwire - 09/02/10) - SRI in the Rockies , the largest and longest-running conference for the sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) industry in the world, has announced the agenda for its 21st annual event. SRI in the Rockies is a meeting place for investors, investment professionals, and organizations working to direct the flow of investment capital in ...

Other College Football Capsules: South Carolina defeats Southern Miss 41-13
It's not his old, Florida "Fun-n-Gun" — yet. But Spurrier thought enough of his attack on Thursday night, he was shooting to hang half-a-hundred on Southern Miss.

Greene: Coal gunk gets its day
As environmental concerns go, there are sexier issues than coal ash. Climate change, for one. And oil drilling. Even the bark beetle infestation.

CU-Boulder researchers receive $2M grant to develop 'living wall'
In the not-too-distant future, a building could slash its traditional energy consumption by up to 95 percent by installing high-tech walls that essentially breathe to control the inside temperature, according to a proposal by a team of researchers at the University of Colorado.

Downtown A-Train to be active in June
By Krystle Cantu / Senior Staff Writer – The Denton County Transportation Authority is constructing an A-Train service to be fully functional in June with two stations running in Denton and three in Lewisville. The service is a 21-mile rail corridor connecting Denton and Lewisville with the DART system in Carrollton, which will then take passengers to Dallas. “It gives more opportunities for ...

Colorado River forum to discuss local projects
Updates on an environmental program and the Yuma Desalting Plant pilot run are on the agenda for the Colorado River Citizens Forum. The meeting, which is open to the public, will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Yuma Community Food Bank, 2404 E. 24th St.

Cow Country: The Rise of the CAFO in Idaho
Environmental and health concerns are on the rise as more dairies start to resemble factories. by Scott Weaver On a cool June day, Dean Dimond looked out from his back porch at a field of green wheat bending in the wind. Dimond lives on and farms a patch of land in the Magic Valley just north of Jerome.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

District 36 candidates
Here are the candidates running in the District 36 state Senate primaries. All the candidates were asked to provide their backgrounds and photographs, but one did not.

Garnett vows to put people before party in attorney general’s office
State attorney general is one of those elected offices that ought to be non-partisan, but too often isn’t. Rarely has this been more true than with incumbent Attorney General John Suthers. Again and again he has used his office to involve the state of Colorado in lawsuits brought in other states to advance or defend Republican causes. Democratic challenger Stan Garnett was motivated to run for ...