8/7: Wildfire prevention

It’s been hot outside! After a record number of days over 90 degrees, what gives? More >

A rough week for DNC's "greening" director

It's turning out to be a very bad week for Andrea Robinson, the "Director of Sustainability & Greening" for the Democratic National Convention. More >

DNC Boondoggle: Carbon Credits Fund Broken Turbine

A Face the State Staff Report

The eastern Colorado wind turbine tapped for the Democratic National Convention's carbon-offset program has one problem: It doesn't generate any electricity. Convention organizers are now being questioned for their eagerness to market those credits to delegates.

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Rough-and-tumble Ritter

Intrepid world traveler Gov. Bill Ritter is back from his trip to the Arctic Circle. And boy, is he photogenic. More >

Flipping the Bird at the Army

Hickenlooper's conundrum: Thousands of protesters, nowhere to bed down

FTS Humor: When your goose is cooked

Face The State Humor

By Andrew Ripemoff

Centuries ago, in a distant land called Colorado, a kind and beloved leader named King Owens ruled the countryside. Life was good in the Kingdom, where off in a small corner of the grounds of the monarchy's vast estate worked a humble man, tending to a lone goose. But this wasn’t an ordinary goose. This was a goose who laid golden eggs - pure gold in fact.

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6/30: Ritter's enviro-nannyism

Next time the government tells you it needs a tax increase, think of the $150,000 now being spent on TV ads telling you how to live your life. More >

GOP goes on offensive regarding $4 gas

A Face the State Staff Report

As gas prices reach an all-time high in Colorado — with the average price hitting $4 a gallon for the first time Thursday — local Republicans are charging that Democrats controlling state government are to blame in part due to their continued alienation of the energy industry.

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5/26: Feel-good climate change policies

Here comes more pie-in-the-sky, feel good government policy on climate change. More >