When the High Park Fire finally finished its rampage through the rural mountains of Larimer County, Colorado last summer, it left behind one person dead, over 87,000 acres of forest burned, 259 homes destroyed and thousands of lives and dreams shattered. But mountain people are tough, and more...

On May 18, 1927, my 8-year old great-uncle Arnold Victor Bauerle was murdered in the most deadly school killing in United States history. It left 44 people dead, 38 of them children ages seven through 14. As I study in horror and grief the recent events in Newtown, Aurora and...

Energy developers, environmental groups, First Nations, local businesses and sportsmen are all anxiously watching and waiting as last-minute negotiations continue before the December 18, 2012 expiration of a four-year-long fracking ban for the Klappen Coalbed Methane project in northern British Columbia, Canada.

Controversy has been simmering for...

Amidst much media buzz about efficient new lighting technologies and a general uproar about government light bulb "bans" worldwide, the most fundamental rule for saving energy on lighting seems to be fading: Make only as much of the right kind of light as you need, and shine it only where...

Wouldn't it be great if you could stick a solar panel the size of a dinner plate on the roof of your home or your electric vehicle, and have all the power you need? How about a wind turbine the size of a lawn ornament on your roof too, for...

Fires, floods, tornadoes, derechos, hurricanes and earthquakes shatter the lives of a few very quickly, but cause lingering problems in the aftermath for many. Electricity can be out for weeks on end as power line repairs are made, with deaths from heat stress, failed medical equipment and more very common....