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Kevin Vranes has a phud in Physical Ocean- ography and Cli- matology. He now studies sci- ence policy and politics at the CSTPR. (More in the about.)
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January 11, 2007
Category: Annoucements
[READ ME FIRST: in case you don't want to read this whole post to find the most important info, which is at the bottom, you will now find me in my new digs here and here. Read this post to...
Posted by Kevin Vranes at 5:09 PM • 8 Comments
Category: Bare politics
So, as of a couple of hours ago, the Democratic National Convention is coming to Denver in 2008. A little coverage of what the western US means to the Democratic is here and here, with coverage and comments from ColoradoPols...
Posted by Kevin Vranes at 2:58 PM • 1 Comments
Category: Annoucements • Wilderness
Actually, this is a demonstration of the power of letter-writing to authority. Have a local issue under the jurisdiction of city or county authorities, but that involves a resource considered important regionally? Are the local authorities not doing the right...
Posted by Kevin Vranes at 11:05 AM • 0 Comments
January 10, 2007
Category: Bare politics
The title refers to this post, where I covered Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack's November visit to Boulder to tout his in-depth/out-depth knowledge of energy policy. Gov. Vilsack gave up the reins to Iowa last night in a final State of...
Posted by Kevin Vranes at 2:37 PM • 0 Comments
Category: Weather
Here on the Front Range our fourth snowstorm in four weeks is on its way, with nighttime lows below zero to accompany. Meanwhile, in Fairbanks, it's a hell of a lot worse: dude, it's -45 f-ing below. my brakes hardly...
Posted by Kevin Vranes at 2:10 PM • 1 Comments
January 9, 2007
Category: Weather
If you're like every other Boulder resident I've talked to lately, you agree: the City of Boulder apparently has decided to contract its snow removal and plowing to the group that wears this uniform. What the H? The City of...
Posted by Kevin Vranes at 5:41 PM • 1 Comments
Category: Bare politics
Via Colorado Confidential, a Colorado group on the Western Slope is hammering Gov. Bill Ritter for being too east-centric. The image (click it to make it bigger) is brilliant, is it not? I love georeferenced information. The hidden political lesson...
Posted by Kevin Vranes at 4:38 PM • 7 Comments
Category: Annoucements
Hello readers - January 11 is the one-year anniversary of the start of ScienceBlogs (my first SB post is here). It's been a very interesting project, one that I was quite flattered to have been invited to join as an...
Posted by Kevin Vranes at 12:42 PM • 13 Comments
January 4, 2007
Category: Wilderness
An old partner in crime from my days in Portland has surfaced in the news. The story is about a tree. It's a tree I visited a time or two while living in Stumptown. It's a tree you can't miss...
Posted by Kevin Vranes at 4:57 PM • 10 Comments
January 3, 2007
Category: Culture
I'm still buried under snow and work, so blogging will remain slow for a while if you're worried. I'll try to trickle out some good stuff in the meantime, like this fabulous prediction by our favorite Oracle, Mr. Pat Robertson....
Posted by Kevin Vranes at 11:50 AM • 3 Comments
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