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Felix Salmon | Eisenhower charts of the day
The price of a bomber, according to the Air Force, is $1.2 billion in 1998 dollars, which works out to about $1.6 billion today. It costs $18.5 million to build a school. For the power plant, I’m assuming energy usage of 11.4 kW per person [...]
High Country News | Bring the electrons home
Boulder now stands at an energy crossroads, one that other Western communities are facing as they demand affordable, locally controlled clean energy from profit-driven, coal hungry utilities. Read the entire article at High Country News: Bring [...]
Grist | Why an additional road tax for bicyclists would be unfair
There are many reasons for cities to encourage bicycling, and the economic argument is one of the best. Every time somebody gets on a bicycle instead of in a car, the city saves money. The cost of road maintenance is averaged at 5.6 cents per mile [...]
New Era News | Udall Power Slams Filibuster. Mitch McConnell Recoils in Fear.
Senator Mark Udall (D-Colo) sent out an e-mail to his supporters earlier this morning about tagging him into the ring to power slam the filibuster. For those of you who haven't been paying attention to how little the Senate was able to [...]
Colorado Independent | Minimum wage will go up Saturday as Colorado’s working poor struggle to get by
The minimum wage in Colorado will increase from $7.25 an hour to $7.36 on Saturday. In Colorado, the minimum wage is tied to inflation and adjusts every January 1. Someone working 40 hours a week for 52 weeks would see their annual income [...]
The New Yorker | Snow Story
The trouble began Sunday night. Just as the storm was blowing at its wildest, I trudged out to buy milk and found two women trying to maneuver a helpless old-model compact off our Brooklyn street, two-thirds of the way down the block. Stuck at [...]
NYT | Colorado’s Uranium Struggle Bodes Ill for U.S. Debate
The future of nuclear power in America is back on the table, with all its vast implications, as global warming revives the search for energy sources that produce less greenhouse gas. But in this depressed corner of western Colorado — one of the [...]
Policy Innovations | The paradox of efficiency
Several thousand officials from 194 countries just gathered in Cancún, Mexico, for yet another global climate summit. Dissatisfied with the pace of climate diplomacy, many individuals are now wondering what they can do about climate change on [...]
Colorado Independent | Heated coal vs. gas battle comes to a head with key PUC decision
Both Xcel Energy and environmental groups cautiously praised Thursday’s unanimous decision by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to convert the Cherokee 4 coal-fired power plant unit to natural gas. But both sides are clearly still [...]
Spiegel Online | Copenhagen Climate Cables: The US and China Joined Forces Against Europe
Last year's climate summit in Copenhagen was a political disaster. Leaked US diplomatic cables now show why the summit failed so spectacularly. The dispatches reveal that the US and China, the world's top two polluters, joined forces to stymie [...]
