Climate Leaks: EarthUp covers COP 16 in Cancun

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Bob Berwyn

Mexico President Felipe Calderón opens COP 16 Editor’s note: Jon Harrington, renewable energy advocate and owner of Silverthorne’s Alpine Earth Center, is traveling to Cancun this week and will be offering his perspectives on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Harrington will post updates regularly at Summit Voice on the proceedings at COP16. [...]

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Colorado: Statewide Nov. 30 snowpack near average

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Bob Berwyn

Blue River Basin snowpack in Summit County well above normal By Bob Berwyn SUMMIT COUNTY — November snowfall added up across much of northern Colorado, with some local high-elevation Snotel sites registering a snowpack that’s nearly twice the average for the end of November. Specifically, Copper Mountain‘s reading is 189 percent of normal, with Grizzly [...]

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Weatherblog: Just a few dustings this week

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Bob Berwyn

Next Pacific storm could arrive just in time for the weekend By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — Nothing too exciting headed our way the next few days as a flat and sometimes dirty ridge of high pressure prevails across the area through the end of the week. Tuesday morning looks to be dry, clear and [...]

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Morning photo: Going where the water tastes like wine

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Bob Berwyn

Post-modern, post-processing, post-trip memories … SUMMIT COUNTY — OK, so sometimes I get carried away with the post-modern digital imaging technology, but it’s hard to resist when, with the slightest flick of a slider, you can turn a murky, low contrast capture into a memorable image that evokes all the senses, even years later. The [...]

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Cloud seeding under way for 3 Summit County ski areas

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Bob Berwyn

Keystone, Breckenridge and A-Basin invest $75,000 in an effort to boost mountain snowfall By Bob Berwyn SUMMIT COUNTY — Colorado’s early season conditions are getting rave reviews from skiers and riders, and this year,  Mother Nature can’t take all the credit. Three Summit County ski areas are funding a regional cloud-seeding program operated by Durango-based [...]

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Low-hanging fruit in greenhouse gas battle?

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Bob Berwyn

Low-cost programs in developing countries can pay big dividends in CO2 reductions By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — Simple steps like metering energy usage and eliminating diesel generation in rural villages could give a good bang for the buck when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to some new research from the University [...]

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Cosmic dust seeds stars and galaxies

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Bob Berwyn

New research offers insight into early stages of formation of the universe By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — Astrophysicists say they’re one step closer to understanding how galaxies and stars form, and maybe somewhat surprisingly, it’s similar to the way snowflakes form, with particles of cosmic dust as catalysts for the bonding of hydrogen and [...]

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Morning photo: Summit snow

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Bob Berwyn

Catching the light fantastic … SUMMIT COUNTY — Taking a cue from the magpies that perch in tip of an aspen outside my kitchen window (scroll to the last picture), I try to get out early some mornings to catch the first light. It’s refreshing, therapeutic and rewarding, and wakes me up even better than [...]

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Weekend headlines

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Bob Berwyn

Renewable energy is in the news in a big way … By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — The weekend Summit Voice stories tilted toward coverage of renewable energy topics, as we reported on a huge federal push to ease the way for offshore wind power development. Another story looked at the need to develop storage [...]

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Frisco to open tubing hill, terrain park in early December

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Bob Berwyn

New adventure park revives the tradition of a neighborhood hill By Bob Berwyn SUMMIT COUNTY — There was a time not so long ago when many a small town in the Rocky Mountains had its own neighborhood hill, served by a ropetow, with a lodge at the bottom serving hot chocolate and homemade Rice Krispies [...]

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