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Rocky Mountain resorts feel heat of climate change and are doing something about it
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 28th, 2015
LA Times: Not everyone arriving in this Rocky Mountain resort steps from a private jet.
Ashley Perl bikes or takes the bus into town from her two-bedroom home in a subsidized neighborhood built for year-round workers. She grew up here, raised by parents who ran a modest cafe and socialized with a local folkie, John Denver. For her, Aspen is home and a place to make a living, not an exclusive escape.
Like many longtime residents, Perl wishes things were more like they were in the old days. But the changes...
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Little need EPA eyes on pollution Scott Walker tells newspaper
Posted by State Journal: Steven Verburg on July 28th, 2015
State Journal: Gov. Scott Walker wants to all but eliminate the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and place each state in charge of controlling air and water pollution within its borders if he is elected president, he told a conservative newspaper.
“I’m all for a sustainable environment, but you have to balance it with a sustainable economy, and I think in our state we’ve shown you can do that hand in hand,” Walker told the Washington Examiner in an article published Monday. “I think states can do it all...