Town is first in valley to support initiative organized by conservation group The Mountain Pact

https://www.aspentimes.com/news/basalt-council-supports-bidens-pause-on-oil-and-gas-leases-on-public-lands/

The town of Basalt is adding its voice to the…

Captain’s Log Starship 1XE, Day 18 in the month March, Earth Calendar year 2021.

11,100 ft. The view of the San Juan mountains is spectacular as a storm whips through the highest of the peaks. For a change I am not stressed about bobbing and weaving though the ethers, as I am comfortably ensconced in a cabin watching the ebbs and flows…

Landmark legislation passes U.S. House; Rep. Boebert votes against bill

https://www.aspentimes.com/news/public-lands-bill-provides-protection-on-200000-acres-of-thompson-divide/

The U.S. House approved Friday a massive public lands protection bill that has implications for the Roaring Fork Valley.

The legislation packaged together eight separate public lands bills that were approved by the House but not acted on by the U.S. Senate last year. If…

Paper’s authors say unrealistic projections make it harder to plan for a future under climate change

https://www.aspenpublicradio.org/post/digging-deep-long-list-permits-stands-way-rmi-s-mine-expansion

Captain’s Log Starship 1XE, Day 5 in the month February, Earth Calendar year 2021.

Look up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a … drone! I first learned about drones from Janey’s dad who unfortunately just passed away at home in Cape Town. He was one of the…

During their Tuesday session, the Chaffee Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved renewal of…

North Fork stakeholders celebrate climate orders as extraction industries fear job losses

https://www.montrosepress.com/news/north-fork-stakeholders-celebrate-climate-orders-as-extraction-industries-fear-job-losses/article_3c35f194-61c8-11eb-abd3-6384bc1a3c12.html

Alternately hailed as a climate-saver and decried as a job-killer, President Joe Biden’s recent executive order that pauses new federal oil and gas leases is…

After being on the defensive for four years under Trump, enviros ready to press on important issues

https://www.aspentimes.com/news/aspen-environmentalists-re-energized-with-biden-taking-office/?fbclid=IwAR0U2AZ3qaKkQDf2rkqmuzfxU8mkt1t0xEDp67W5LhMXRiEF6VudeLQ-5YQ

It isn’t far-fetched to say some Aspen environmentalists cried tears of joy when Joseph Biden replaced Donald Trump as president on Tuesday.

The staff at Aspen Center for Environmental Studies couldn’t watch the ceremony together because of the…

https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2020-12-24/coal-industry-comes-tumbling-down-in-the-american-west-boiling-point

This is the Dec. 24, 2020, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Sign…