Mountain States

Colorado Water Use Explodes On The Western Slope As It Slows On Front Range

The Denver Post | Posted 12.21.2009 | Denver


Colorado Front Range residents are using less water, but some parts of the Western Slope have seen per capita water use explode in the past decade, ac...

Brookings Institute: Mountain States Hit Hardest By Recession

The Denver Post | Aldo Svaldi | Posted 12.15.2009 | Denver


The economic crisis last year hit the nation's six mountain states, including Colorado, harder than any other block of states, according to a report M...

With Gas Pump Crunch, Is Oil Shale to the 'Rescue'?

Bill Chameides | Posted 07.10.2008 | Green


Bill Chameides

U.S. shale deposits are enormous. But we should take a long, hard look at environmental costs before going down the road of harnessing those deposits.