Vail resorts

MENV Capstone: Vail Resorts Announces Long-Term Wind Energy Contract and Plan to Eliminate Conventional Single-Use Dining Plastics in its 鈥楥ommitment to Zero鈥

Nov. 14, 2018

Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) today took major steps in its 鈥楥ommitment to Zero,鈥 as the Company announced a long-term wind energy contract to purchase the equivalent amount of electricity needed to power 100 percent of its estimated FY 2019 North American operations by 2020. Additionally, Vail Resorts announced a...

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Denverite: Gov. Hickenlooper creates a council to promote Colorado鈥檚 outdoor scene and keep it attractive to residents, potential transplants

Oct. 28, 2018

Gov. John Hickenlooper on Friday signed an executive order creating a new council to promote the state鈥檚 outdoor recreation industry and help the continual growth of one of the state鈥檚 most iconic characteristics. With Confluence Park serving as his backdrop, Hickenlooper said the council will be a 鈥渂ig step forward.鈥...

Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post. Gubernatorial candidates Republican Walker Stapleton, left, and Democrat Jared Polis, square off during their last debate before Election Day in the Grand Hall at the Cable Center on the University of Denver campus on Oct. 23, 2018.

Denver Post: Where the Colorado governor candidates stand on renewable energy and the environment

Oct. 25, 2018

Colorado is rich in resources: rivers that help supply the West, some of the country鈥檚 largest natural gas reserves, lots of wind and sunshine fueling a robust renewable energy industry, and public lands that support a $28 billion outdoor recreation economy. Disagreements over how to manage those resources 鈥 and...

Food waste

Waste 360: How Policy Could Impact Food Waste

Oct. 9, 2018

In a three-part series this week, Waste360 takes a look at the main issues around food waste and explores what鈥檚 going on at the state and federal levels. Sixty-three million tons of food is wasted in the U.S. every year, a staggering volume that exacerbates multiple issues within the food...

Tired workers

AMA Journal of Ethics: How should physicians help patients who are ill because they work in agriculture?

Oct. 1, 2018

Abstract Occupational health issues are not just common for farmworkers; they are practically unavoidable. Farmworkers who seek treatment for work-related injury or illness are often unable to meaningfully reduce their exposure to risk factors without further jeopardizing their already fragile well-being and tenuous livelihoods. This case commentary addresses why and...

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Nederland tapping CU masters program for its renewable energy goal

Sept. 3, 2018

The Nederland Board of Trustees is inviting the public to a work session on Tuesday night for a discussion on how the town can implement it's commitment to switch to 100 percent renewable energy. The discussion will include a presentation by three members of the Master's of the Environment Capstone...

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Colorado Lieutenant Governor reveals state's Blueprint 2.0 Award Recipients

July 12, 2018

17 Colorado communities selected to receive 2018 program awards.

Fisherman in Chaffee County

Squillace: Colorado aims to block river access (column)

May 22, 2018

If you care about fishing or boating Colorado's rivers, this ongoing legal case should have relevance for you.

Several groups of hikers walk along the main trail to Summit County's Quandary Peak last August, one of the state's busiest hikes.

Breckenridge conference generates 9 ways to teach wilderness ethics to millennials

May 17, 2018

Dozens of land management agency and outdoors representatives from across the state packed into a conference room at Beaver Run Resort in Breckenridge last week to attempt to answer the following question: What's the best way to relay proper wilderness ethics to millennials?

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Breaking down public lands

May 17, 2018

With outdoor recreation estimated at $887 billion annually by the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) and $337 billion by the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), public lands are currently at the center of that conjunction of happiness and economic growth.

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