Vail Resorts is doing aggressive work on the ground to reduce its energy consumption but is generally soft-spoken about global warming and the company’s role, if any, in fighting it.
Author Archives: Bob Ward/Aspen Journalism
Posted inEnvironment, Skiing
How Aspen Skiing Co. became a power company
The strange, improbable deal united vastly different partners — one that mines black coal and another that sells holidays on white snow. The partners come from opposite ends of America’s political divide, but they agree it’s good to put an otherwise wasted resource to use.
Posted inEnvironment, Skiing
Aspen climate activists take pitch to DC
Working to turn the heat up, and down, in DC.
Posted inLand Use
Aspen trails board seeks safer cycling on Castle Creek Bridge
Board members think it’s only a matter of time before a cyclist or pedestrian ends up getting hit by a passing car on the bridge.
Posted inLand Use
RFTA picking up pace with new express bus service
The $46 million system is also known as VelociRFTA, to emphasize the speed with which riders will move up and down the valley.