Anti-oil forum hosted in building that oil built

A Face the State Staff Report

December 3, 2008

A University of Colorado building funded largely through oil and gas revenues played host Tuesday night to an event devoted to ending conventional energy production. The event, titled,“Coming Clean: Breaking America’s Addiction to Oil and Coal," was hosted on the Boulder campus's Benson Earth Sciences building, named such because of an $8 million gift from Bruce Benson, who made his fortune off oil and gas.

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Political Cartoon for 6/17: Toor, the Pardoner

Face The State Humor

June 17, 2008

Boulder County Commissioners recently approved a policy that requires homeowners to purchase "development credits" for the construction of any home over 6,000 square feet. The policy is ostensibly designed to preserve the "rural character" of unincorporated Boulder Co. Is commissioner Will Toor the new master of enviro-indulgences a la Canterbury Tales?

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