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Internet Criticism Pushes China to Act on Pollution January 27, 2012

Under popular pressure, Chinese officials have begun to track the most pernicious measure of urban air pollution and promise to set new health standards and publish data on air pollution.

Violence Rises Sharply in Syria, Flustering Arab League Monitors January 27, 2012

Heavy bloodshed was reported Friday as Arab League monitors expressed exasperation and the United Nations made a step toward a possible resolution condemning the government.

In Syria, Arab League Monitors Face Severe Limits January 27, 2012

The visit, truncated by worries about volatile areas, revealed the limitations of the Arab League’s mission as the conflict shifted to clashes between armed groups and government security forces.

Egypt Bars Sam LaHood From Leaving January 27, 2012

The Obama administration threatened to withhold aid as Egypt confirmed it had kept at least a half-dozen Americans from leaving.

Colorado Independent

Tipton asks Congress to weaken water-storage regulations January 27, 2012

As part of a sustained effort to thin the federal government's powers to protect the environment, Third District Colorado Republican Congressman Scott Tipton is requesting a Capitol Hill hearing to examine water storage rules in the West.

In Colorado, Obama again ties clean energy to national security January 27, 2012

President Barack Obama Thursday drew repeated applause at a private event at Aurora's Buckley Air Force Base when he called on the country to work toward energy independence, which he called a matter of national security.

Finance execs rule today’s mad world of political spending January 26, 2012

Over the last 30 years, political contributions made by financial industry executives increased by 700 percent, according to new analysis by the watchdog Sunlight Foundation. Roughly 5,500 members of the finance, insurance, real estate sector gave $178.2 million to political committees and candidates during the 2010 election cycle, up from $15.4 million in t […]

Tipton struggles to win voter approval, but leads in early poll January 26, 2012

Public Policy Polling this week released survey results from Colorado's Third Congressional District, where first-term GOP Congressman Scott Tipton is being challenged by Democratic state Rep. Sal Pace. Although Tipton is leading among district voters, his job approval numbers come in under 40 percent.

Storm kills at least 51 in Western Europe

Posted on February 28, 2010 by Bob Berwyn

Summit Voice is reporting from Summit County, Colorado on a powerful storm moving across Europe.

Filed under: mountain news roundup, Snow and weather | Tagged: Europe, natural disaster costs, weather, Xynthia | Leave a Comment »

Weatherblog: Monarch Monday?

Posted on February 28, 2010 by Bob Berwyn

The latest snow and weather updates from Summit County, Colorado.

Filed under: avalanches, snow, Snow and weather, Summit County Colorado, Summit County snow and weather | Tagged: avalanches, backcountry, Colorado snow conditions, Summit County skiing, Summit County snow, summit county weather | Leave a Comment »

Vail to rename trail for Lindsey Vonn

Posted on February 28, 2010 by Bob Berwyn

In news from Summit County, Colorado, Summit Voice reports that Vail Resorts will rename a ski trail to honor Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn.

Filed under: skiing and riding, Summit County Colorado | Tagged: Colorado skiing, Lindsey Vonn, olympics, ski history, ski racing, Vail | 4 Comments »

Summit Voice week in review, headlines Feb. 20-27

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Bob Berwyn

A look at the headlines from Summit County Colorado for the week of Feb. 20-27.

Filed under: Summit County Colorado | Tagged: Denver Water, Dillon Reservoir, Forest health, prescribed burns, Summit County Colorado, Summit County News, Summit Voice week in review, U.S. Forest Service | Leave a Comment »

Frisco’s feisty female pioneers honored at Historic Park

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Bob Berwyn

Frisco, in Summit County, Colorado, will commemorate International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month with special exhibits at the town’s historic park.

Filed under: Frisco, Summit County Colorado | Tagged: Colorado History, Frisco, history, International Women's Day, Summit County Colorado, Summit Voice, Women's history month | 1 Comment »

Weatherblog: Lots of clouds, a little snow

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Bob Berwyn

Summit Voice reports on latest snow and weather conditions in Summit County, Colorado.

Filed under: avalanches, snow, Snow and weather, Summit County Colorado | Tagged: avalanches, backcountry, backcountry skiing, snowpack, snowpits, Summit County snow, Summit County snow and weather, summit county weather | Leave a Comment »

Summit Voice extra: Read the DOJ report on ‘torture memos’

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Bob Berwyn

Legal advisers committed ‘professional misconduct’ but the findings were downgraded later by other Justice Department officials By Bob Berwyn Have you ever wondered how the Bush administration made its legal determination that it was OK to torture suspected terrorists with “enhanced interrogation techniques” (waterboarding)? Memos from the Bush administration show that two captured Qaeda operatives [...]

Filed under: federal government | Tagged: federal government, government ethics, torture, war on terror, waterboarding | 1 Comment »

PCBs suppressing immune systems of coastal dolphins

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Bob Berwyn

Research suggests contaminants are moving along the coast and into the marine food web from a nearby Superfund site By Bob Berwyn SUMMIT COUNTY — Pollutants from electrical equipment, hydraulic fluids, paper manufacturing, printing inks and other sources is turning up at record-high concentrations in bottlenose dolphins living along the coast of Georgia. Researchers with [...]

Filed under: Environment, rivers, wildlife | Tagged: bottlenose dolphins, coastal pollution, Environment, marine biology, ocean conservation, PCBs, Superfund, suppressed immune functions | Leave a Comment »

‘Zip line’ logging for local beetle-killed forests?

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Bob Berwyn

Summit Voice reports on efforts by a Summit County, Colorado resident to bring environmentally friendly, selective cable-haul logging to local forest health treatments.

Filed under: Forest health, pine beetles and wildfires, public lands, Summit County Colorado | Tagged: Cable-haul logging, forest health logging, logging in Bhutan, pine beetles, Summit County Colorado, Summit County News, sustainable logging, Switzerland logging | 6 Comments »

Environment: Shifting polar ice could impact global climate

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Bob Berwyn

Summit Voice reports from Summit County, Colorado, that changes in Arctic and Antarctic ice could affect global ocean currents.

Filed under: Environment, global warming | Tagged: Antarctica, Arctic, climate change, Environment, global warming, icebergs | Leave a Comment »

High Country News – Writers on the Range

Pity the Sacketts? Not much

An Idaho couple are getting a lot of sympathy because the EPA has halted construction of their planned home on a wetlands, but if the agency would be more open with the facts, it would come out looking better.

Judith Lewis Mernit

Feeding the deer

A rural Californian doesn't apologize for feeding the deer that hang out near his mountain home.

Jaime O'Neill

Let the EPA finish its work in Pavillion, Wyoming

The gas industry and its political partners are going to great lengths to try to derail and discredit an EPA report that blames Pavillion, Wyoming’s polluted water on hydraulic fracking.

John Fenton

Denver Post News

Judge: Police violated rights when opening tent flaps at Occupy Boulder January 27, 2012

A judge has ruled that police violated two Occupy Boulder protesters' Fourth Amendment rights when officers opened tent flaps to see whether the people inside were sleeping.

Nuggets' roster depleted, but so deep it's still dangerous January 27, 2012

The Denver Nuggets are deeply dangerous — and dangerously deep. Tonight against Toronto, the Nuggets likely won't have their starting point guard.

Snow dwindles in Denver, piles up in mountain areas January 27, 2012

Snowfall has dwindled in Denver following a late morning shower in the city and along the Front Range.

Red Rocks' Winter on the Rocks show likely to live up to its name January 27, 2012

Red Rocks Amphitheatre is bundled up for its first-ever cold-weather concert, the sold-out Winter on the Rocks show headlined by hip-hoppers Atmosphere and sponsored by a Denver ski-maker.

Behind the hidden door: Speakeasy culture finds a new home at Williams & Graham in Denver's LoHi neighborhood January 27, 2012

Walk into Williams & Graham bookstore in the LoHi neighborhood and you'll first notice its molecular size. If the Tattered Cover is a whale, Williams & Graham is a flea. But you're not there to peruse literature.

Frontier Airlines headquarters to return to Denver January 27, 2012

Frontier Airlines is coming home, bringing its headquarters back to Denver with Thursday's announcement of a chief executive and a new senior management team that will be based here.

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Storm kills at least 51 in Western Europe

Weatherblog: Monarch Monday?

Vail to rename trail for Lindsey Vonn

Summit Voice week in review, headlines Feb. 20-27

Frisco’s feisty female pioneers honored at Historic Park

Weatherblog: Lots of clouds, a little snow

Summit Voice extra: Read the DOJ report on ‘torture memos’

PCBs suppressing immune systems of coastal dolphins

‘Zip line’ logging for local beetle-killed forests?

Environment: Shifting polar ice could impact global climate

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