The town of Avon is nestled in the beautiful Vail Valley, nestled between the Holy Cross Wilderness and the rugged, remote Gore Mountain Range. This valley is home to over 50,000 people and draws visitors from around the globe to experience world-class skiing opportunities, as well as hiking, biking, fishing and camping. Our community, along […]
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Opinion: Why population growth is destroying Colorado’s hopes to rein in climate change
The last time the State of Colorado reported its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2014, the news was bad — emissions had gone up, year after year, and were expected to continue doing so, and they almost certainly have. The cause was due to the increased emissions from an increasing number of oil and gas […]
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Opinion: Facts, not ideology should drive Colorado’s energy transition
Late last year, the U.S. government updated its state-level energy rankings. Colorado is the fifth largest producer of oil in the country, just ahead of Alaska and California, and sixth in natural gas. This may be news to some, but Colorado has always been a major energy-producing state. The Denver-Julesburg Basin and Southern Colorado’s Raton […]
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Plunkett: Don’t sit back and let the Aldens of the world commit great evil
Editor’s note: Chuck Plunkett, former editorial page editor of The Denver Post who now teaches at the University of Colorado, delivered this speech Saturday at the Graduate Teacher Program. Plunkett left The Post in May, a month after leading an editorial-page rebellion calling for the newspaper’s owners to sell, an action he describes as the […]
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Armstrong: Colorado’s convoluted sales tax rules punish small businesses
Jerry “Wiggy” Wigutow takes pride in making sleeping bags in Grand Junction, where he employs more than 30 people in his factory. “If you buy our product, the Wiggy’s name comes on it. That means it’s our reputation and my name on the line,” he says on his web page. For years, whenever my family […]
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Carman: Trump’s wall is just the wretched symbol of a dying racist culture
After 52 years in the United States, Jose´ Azua is impervious to the insults. This month when President Trump spoke from the Oval Office to characterize immigrants once again as murderers, drug dealers and rapists, I was so upset by his hate-filled remarks, I had nightmares. Azua slept peacefully. He’d heard it all before. It […]
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Opinion: Americans deserve a government that works for all of us — not just for the oil and gas industry
As the government shutdown heads toward a second month, the Trump administration insists on pushing its reckless “energy dominance” agenda, continuing to process oil and gas permits while letting our national parks be pillaged. It’s clear that President Trump does not care if hard-working Americans go without paychecks, if families lack access to the services […]
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Opinion: It’s time to end “Tyranny of the Battleground States”
Mario Nicolais was too late with his call to prevent a “tyranny of the national majority” in our presidential elections (Jan. 13 Colorado Sun column). A “tyranny” already exists under the current system — but it would best be called “the tyranny of the battleground states.” As things now stand, every four years, approximately 12 […]
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Nicolais: Martinez decision demonstrates Colorado’s Supreme Court commitment to judicial discipline
The Colorado Supreme Court sent shockwaves through various industry, environmental and political circles when it issued an opinion in COGCC v. Martinez last week. While the outcome of the decision certainly sparked multiple reactions and set the stage for an epic legislative policy battle, the rationale and reasoning behind the court’s opinion drew scant review. Coloradans […]
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Opinion: 10 things Colorado lawmakers should prioritize to be forward thinking on fracking
Colorado is poised to build a globally competitive clean energy economy that protects our quality of life and magnificent open spaces. Newly seated Gov. Jared Polis ran on a platform committing to an equitable transition to a clean energy economy. A booming oil and gas industry once largely confined to rural Weld County on the […]