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Fox News, my personal favorite for misinformation, recently claimed without a wisp of evidence that “all climate scientists that claim climate change is real are corrupt.” If that were true, it would mean that 13,926 out of 13,950 peer-reviewed articles written by climate scientists between 1991...

01 February, 2013 /

January 31 to February 7, 2013   Visible Planets: Morning: Venus, Saturn  Evening: Mercury, Mars, Jupiter  Lately, I’ve been thinking about the weather. And, why not? With temperatures way below freezing from Christmas Eve through most of January, and then a sudden, radically quick January thaw –...

31 January, 2013 /

Editor’s note: It’s no secret. The Telluride region is dog heaven. Unless you are one of our furry friends who gets caught in the maw of neglect and abuse. Then heaven is on hold until Second Chance Humane Society comes to the rescue. Second Chance...

30 January, 2013 /

[caption id="attachment_27084" align="alignright" width="225"] The sacred mountain, Kailash[/caption] More than 30 years ago, I saw the Dalai Lama on German TV, laughing and joking as he likes to do. And I was appalled. I wondered self-righteously how the exiled leader of a country in utter despair...

28 January, 2013 /

[caption id="attachment_27195" align="alignleft" width="300"] Winter, Telluride Valley Floor[/caption] Editors update, 1/29/13: The bulk of the storm that just went through Telluride is past, with smaller accumulations over the next few days. The result of this recent bounty is more terrain open to ride. The ski area...

28 January, 2013 /

I was a Lance Armstrong fan. I respected him for being a great athlete, cancer survivor and philanthropist. I read his book, “It’s Not About the Bike,” (good book, bad title). I wore my LIVESTRONG t-shirt -- hot pink with yellow letters -- and of...

28 January, 2013 /

[caption id="attachment_27069" align="alignright" width="300"] John Kerry, by Creative Commons' Mark Mathosian, 2012John Kerry, by Creative Commons' Mark Mathosian, 2012[/caption] A new Presidential term always starts with some changes, but there are several in store for President Obama’s second term that could make a big difference for...

26 January, 2013 /

[caption id="attachment_27034" align="alignright" width="300"] High Camp Warming Hut[/caption] Three weeks into our eco-friendly competition and we have upped the number of participants to 36. The race is on! Daily, participants in this new EcoAction Partners initiative are making a difference in their lives and the environment by...

24 January, 2013 /