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Hart Van Denburg/CPR News A crew at work repairing power lines south of Grand Lake on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, that were damaged by the East Troublesome fire. On a summer evening in 2018, a set of tracer rounds from a shooting range ignited a fire near Basalt, Colo. Dry weather let the blaze grow into the Lake Christine Fire, which would burn more than 12,000 acres and destroy about half a dozen homes.  It also burned three of four transmission lines running into Aspen. If the fourth had gone down, the city could have lost electricity for weeks, according to Holy Cross Energy, the local power...

Why Kerry's claim on solar and wind jobs misses the mark Print this article John Kerry’s contention that coal miners can easily shift to building solar panels undersells the challenge the Biden administration faces with its plan to accelerate a transition away from fossil fuels. "The same people can do those jobs, but the choice of doing the solar power one now is a better choice," Kerry said last week. "What President Biden wants to do is make sure those folks have better choices, that they have alternatives." Experts and analysts say the comments from Biden's climate envoy oversimplify t...

Rocky Mountain Institute Releases Report on the Economic Development Benefits Rural America Is Reaping from the Growth of Renewables Share Article RMI’s latest report reveals how rural communities can strengthen and diversify their local economies by actively engaging in the ongoing renewable energy transition. Rural communities in many states are already showing how to leverage the growth of the renewables industry to enhance local economies, and our report lays out a playbook for scaling and extending those benefits across the country. BOULDER, Colo. (PRWEB...

Now an out of work football player, the left is mobilizing to condemnob it as racist. nike canceled a sneaker with the flag on its heel. it was a betsy ross flag. georgetown professor mark dyson bizarrely compared our first flag with a swastika. >> the flag is being used by those that want to pummel african americans, latinas, jews and other people. so why not choose a flag that is representative of everybody? >> what about the argument that some have made this is peace to run amuck? if nike wants to put this flag on their shoe, why is it so important? >> because words matter. why don't we wea...

To condemn it as racist. nike cancelled a sneaker with a flag on its heel. it was a betsy ross. georgetown professor mark dyson bizar bizarrely compared our first flag with a swastika. >> the flag is being used by those that want to pummel african americans, latinas. so why not choose a flag that is representative of everybody? >> what about the argument that some have made this is peace to run amuck? >> words matter. why don't we wear a swastika for july 4? i don't know. it makes a difference. >> brian: so 13 stars and 13 stripes is like a swastika. julian castro joined in. to him, the flag i...