Author: Jim Trotter
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From the forgotten front: Organizations adapt to the war’s challenges
This article is the second in a series of reports on the war in Ukraine’s effect on bordering Eastern European countries. It is written by two Colorado College students traveling through the region and details how local organizations have refocused their efforts to support migrants fleeing the conflict. BANSKÁ BYSTRICA, SLOVAKIA • Zahrada is a bar,…
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From ‘Fight Blight’ to ‘More Density’: Ideas have changed on what to do about urban America | Cronin and Loevy
Fight Blight! That was the heartfelt slogan of better housing advocates in the late 1950s and 1960s. At that time, big cities in the Eastern and Midwestern United States were “blighted” with tenements and rowhouses that were poorly maintained, packed with people and social ills. Too many people were stuffed into dwellings that had been…
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The future of the American Experiment: Could U.S. lose its position as leader in world civilization? | Cronin and Loevy
Is the United States like the Byzantine Empire? Is our nation about to lose its position as the most powerful and influential country in the world, just as the Byzantine Empire did in 1453 when Constantinople (now Istanbul) was conquered by the Turkish army? Victor Davis Hanson, a historian who contributes occasional opinion columns to…
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Colorado’s psychedelics ballot initiative: 5 things to know
Colorado could become the second state after Oregon to allow the use of certain psychedelic substances that are illegal under federal law. But while Oregon voters in 2020 approved the supervised use of psychedelic mushrooms, the citizen initiative on the Colorado ballot in November goes further. Proposition 122 would allow the personal use of psilocybin…
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Colorado OKs drinking treated wastewater: Getting over the ‘ick factor’
Colorado regulators, after years of study, negotiations and testing, approved a new rule that clears the way for drinking treated wastewater this week, one of only a handful of states in the country to do so. The action came in a unanimous vote of the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission Oct. 11. Direct potable reuse…
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Once-pristine Grand Lake asks state to intervene in water clarity stalemate
Fourteen years after Colorado adopted standards to restore Grand Lake, the state’s largest natural water body once known for its astonishing clarity and high water quality, continues to deteriorate. Frustrated and worried about the future, Grand Lake locals are asking the state to intervene to break through a logjam of federal and environmental red tape…
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Colorado renews attempt to bring hydrogen plant to the Yampa River Valley
After an attempt last year to secure funding for a green hydrogen pilot in the Yampa River Valley failed, state officials and Tri-State Generation and Transmission, among others, are taking another run at the idea, using a new program launched earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Energy. In February, the U.S. Department of…
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Chasing progress: Grassroots effort to close Colorado’s infant mortality gap
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As Britney Taylor toured the Mama Bird Maternity Wellness Spa in Aurora during its grand opening this spring, she reflected on the birth of her first child: a confusing and lonely experience that resulted in an unplanned caesarean section and an extended period of postpartum…
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Will Colorado Democrats be able to resist likely ‘red wave’ in November? | Cronin & Loevy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save According to a recent study of the three major factors in voting behavior in the United States, Colorado is the 10th most Democratic of the 50 states. Combine (1) educational levels with (2) percentage of minority voters and (3) urban-rural split, and Colorado ranks with…
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Front Range ozone levels, Colorado Springs to Fort Collins, hit record highs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The reduction of harmful ground-level ozone across most of the U.S. over the past several decades has been an air pollution success story. But in some parts of the country, especially in the heavily populated…