2011 October « Summit County Citizens Voice

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.

Summit County: Widespread phone outage hits area

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Bob Berwyn

Verizon, some local land line services down for several hours By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — A widespread communication outage hit parts of Summit County on Halloween eve, with Verizon customers reporting no cell phone service at all, while other carriers, including Sprint and T-Mobile, remained in service. Responding to a query via Twitter, Verizon [...]

Filed under: Summit County news | Tagged: AT&T, cell phone service outage, communications, Summit County Colorado, Verizon | 4 Comments »

Weatherblog: Here we go again!

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Bob Berwyn

NWS says 6 to 12 inches of snow possible across the high country of Colorado Tuesday night By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — A winter storm watch is in effect starting Tuesday evening for most of Colorado’s north-central mountains and the northeastern plains. A strong and winter-like trough digging down out of the northwest is [...]

Filed under: climate and weather, La Niña, Snow and weather, Summit County Colorado, Summit County news, Summit County snow and weather | Tagged: Colorado weather, National Weather Service, November 1 snowstorm Colorado, Summit County snow, Winter storm watch | 1 Comment »

Biodiversity: Marten numbers dwindling in Sierra Nevada

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Bob Berwyn

Logging may be fragmenting old-growth habitat By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — Martens, small but fierce mammal predators at home in old-growth Sierra Nevada forests, may be in serious decline, according to research published last week in the Journal of Wildlife Management. Biologists from Oregon State University and the U.S. Forest Service estimated that detection [...]

Filed under: biodiversity, endangered species, Environment, forests, public lands, Summit County news | Tagged: biodiversity, Environment, martens, Oregon State University, Sierra Nevada | Leave a Comment »

Florida panther kitten to be released

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Bob Berwyn

Rare cats imperiled by habitat fragmentation By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY —A Florida panther kitten that was raised in a wildlife facility after its mother died will be released to the wild this week in Big Cypress National Preserve. The wild cat, identified as K304, will be set free Nov. 1 at the Burns Lake [...]

Filed under: biodiversity, Environment, Summit County news, wildlife | Tagged: Big Cypress National Preserve, biodiversity, Environment, Florida panther, National Park Service, wildlife | Leave a Comment »

Researchers say frequency and size of fires in Mediterranean region linked to changing population patterns and land uses

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Bob Berwyn

Forest fuels change as people move from the countryside to cities By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — An increase forest fires in the Mediterranean region has been linked with shifting demographics and changes in land use, according to scientists with the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. The study, recently published in the journal Climatic Change, [...]

Filed under: Environment, forest fires, forests | Tagged: Mediterranean, Mediterranean Basin, Province of Valencia, wildfire | Leave a Comment »

FDA bypassing public review on food-additive decisions

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Bob Berwyn

Industry making decisions with no watchdog By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — More than 30 percent of the 10,000 additives permitted for use in human food were approved without review by the the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Safety decisions on those substances were made by food manufacturers and a trade association, according to an [...]

Filed under: Environment, Food, Summit County news | Tagged: FDA, food, food additives, Food and Drug administration, food safety, Food Science, Generally recognized as safe, Pew Health Group | 1 Comment »

Tourism touted as global economic engine

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Bob Berwyn

Tourism can help increase exports, drive economic growth and create jobs, ministers say at Paris summit By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY —Tourism ministers from developed countries meeting in Paris say tourism should be considered a significant economic driver and incorporated into economic development policies by governments around the world — especially in the area of [...]

Filed under: business, Colorado, economy, Travel | Tagged: economy, global economy, Taleb Rifai, Tourism, Travel, World Tourism Organization, Y20 tourism summit | Leave a Comment »

Global warming: Researchers find extreme melting of Greenland ice cap even without record temperatures

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Bob Berwyn

Feedback loop reinforces rapid ice loss By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY —Temperatures don’t have to reach record highs to fuel extreme melting of the Greeland ice cap, according to new research suggesting that glaciers could undergo a self-amplifying cycle of melting and warming that would be difficult to halt. “We are finding that even if [...]

Filed under: climate and weather, Environment, global warming, Summit County news | Tagged: Atmospheric Sciences, Environment, global warming, greenland, Jakobshavn Isbræ, Summit County News | Leave a Comment »

Orcas swim 5,000 miles for warm-water ‘spa treatment’

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Bob Berwyn

NOAA researchers document unusual long-distance killer whale migration By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — Killer whales from Antarctic waters may be making long-distance treks to warmer water as a type of marine mammal spa treatment, shedding skin that’s covered with diatoms and algae. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration researchers tagged a dozen killer whales in [...]

Filed under: biodiversity, Environment, Marine biology, Summit County news, wildlife | Tagged: Antarctica, Killer whale, migration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Orcas | 1 Comment »

Morning photo: Antarctica revisited

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Bob Berwyn

Land of ice is melting … SUMMIT COUNTY — As I searched through my Antarctica photo archives to find a picture of an orca for this story, I realized how many pictures I took during a two-week voyage around the Antarctic Peninsula and the Weddell Sea. It’s an amazing and fascinating place, and unfortunately, the [...]

Filed under: biodiversity, climate and weather, Environment, global warming, Morning photo, photography, Travel | Tagged: Aitcho Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Deception Island, Dundee Island, photography, Professor Molchanov, Travel | 3 Comments »

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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Summit County: Widespread phone outage hits area

Weatherblog: Here we go again!

Biodiversity: Marten numbers dwindling in Sierra Nevada

Florida panther kitten to be released

Researchers say frequency and size of fires in Mediterranean region linked to changing population patterns and land uses

FDA bypassing public review on food-additive decisions

Tourism touted as global economic engine

Global warming: Researchers find extreme melting of Greenland ice cap even without record temperatures

Orcas swim 5,000 miles for warm-water ‘spa treatment’

Morning photo: Antarctica revisited

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