AltWeeklies Wire
America's Dirtiest Secretnew
The oil and gas industry's contamination problems are so large, they have literally been deemed impossible to prevent or even clean up by both industry and government. As a result, an unimaginable tonnage of contamination is being placed into our environment every year.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Dyer and Jefferson Dodge |
03-17-2014 |
Environment
NSA Surveillance Started Long Before 9/11 and the Patriot Actnew
Why was the NSA creating intrusive domestic spy programs in early 2001, months before the 9/11 attacks or the creation of the Patriot Act?
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Dyer, David Accomazzo and Jefferson Dodge |
06-21-2013 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: Edward Snowden
GMOs vs. Local Food Systemnew
Is Boulder County government depriving its economy of millions of dollars by making the wrong choice on open space lands?
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Dyer and Jefferson Dodge |
03-22-2013 |
Economy
Transparency Troublenew
City of Boulder officials are increasingly resistant to coughing up open records.
Boulder Weekly |
Steve Weishampel and Jefferson Dodge |
02-15-2013 |
Policy Issues
Colorado Football Players Collected Scholarship Money Despite Legal Troublesnew
Football recruits violated the law and were suspended from campus repeatedly. So why were they awarded the prestigious Presidential Scholarship when they came back?
Boulder Weekly |
David Accomazzo and Jefferson Dodge |
11-09-2012 |
Education
Waste Injection Wells: The Earth's Invisible Dumpnew
With more than 30 trillion gallons of toxic waste having been injected under the surface of the Earth, what happens if our belief that what goes down can’t come up is wrong?
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Dyer and Jefferson Dodge |
09-21-2012 |
Environment
Tags: toxic waste, waste
Behind the GMO Curtainnew
Big Ag threatens war on Boulder, Colorado.
Boulder Weekly |
Jefferson Dodge and Joel Dyer |
12-15-2011 |
Environment
The Shocking Origins of America's Deadly Drug Shortagesnew
By now, most of us are aware that our health care system has been compromised yet again. This time it's a crisis born of a seemingly never-ending number of unexplained drug shortages.
Boulder Weekly |
Jefferson Dodge and Joel Dyer |
11-17-2011 |
Health
Groupoff: Some business owners say they lose money on Groupon and other coupon dealsnew
Some Boulder County employers are airing concerns about Groupon and similar group discount programs, citing costs that they say can be debilitating to small businesses.
“It’s been the single worst business decision I’ve ever made,” Rachel Bacchus, owner of Boulder-based ELDO Esthetics and Waxing, says of her experience with Groupon.
Boulder Weekly |
Jefferson Dodge |
08-05-2011 |
Economy
'Seed-to-Sale' Surveillancenew
Colorado medical marijuana dispensaries are dealing with bushels of new state regulations.
Boulder Weekly |
Jefferson Dodge |
06-06-2011 |
Policy Issues
ClimateStupid: Why One Innovative Energy Program in Colorado Was Killednew
When Boulder County's ClimateSmart loan program was suspended last year, it left hundreds of local homeowners holding the bag -- a bag they now need to fill with money.
Boulder Weekly |
Jefferson Dodge |
04-08-2011 |
Environment
Tea Party Crashersnew
Will the upstart movement spoil the hopes of Democrats in Colorado?
Boulder Weekly |
Jefferson Dodge |
10-21-2010 |
Elections
Colo. Legislator Moves to Stop Shackling Inmates in Labornew
Prompted by a Boulder Weekly investigation, a Colorado lawmaker is introducing a bill that would prohibit the shackling of pregnant inmates while they are in labor.
Boulder Weekly |
Jefferson Dodge |
04-05-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Town of Nederland's Vote on Pot Legalization Going to Ballot
The Town of Nederland’s Board of Trustees voted Tuesday night to send a marijuana legalization measure to the April 6 ballot. The proposal would remove all criminal penalties in Nederland municipal code related to marijuana, its concentrates and paraphernalia for anyone who is at least 21 years old.
Boulder Weekly |
Jefferson Dodge |
02-04-2010 |
Drugs
Xcel Doesn't Always Tell Customers When They're Being Cut Loosenew
On the evening of Jan. 12, the heat in Taylor Lindstrom’s home went out without warning. She called Xcel Energy, and was told that Xcel had turned off the electricity because the bill had not been paid. Lindstrom asked why she had not been notified.
Boulder Weekly |
Jefferson Dodge |
02-04-2010 |
Housing & Development
