Learning About ‘The Sixth Extinction,’ Time To Pay Online Taxes, Highlights In Indie Music
Some scientists believe a 6th mass extinction is underway. We hear from New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert who’s the author of “The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History.” We also found a high school class in Jefferson County that’s reading the book. Then, a state tax you didn’t know you had to pay: The U.S. Supreme Court let stand a Colorado law that requires online retailers like Amazon to tell customers how much they owe in state sales tax. Plus, Colorado bands that had a good year and are poised to break out in 2017.
Governor Hickenlooper On Trump And Transporation, Boulder’s Yonder Mountain String Band, Holiday Books
Colorado’s governor says the state needs more money for transportation, so he’s looking for options that would be acceptable to Republican lawmakers. One possibility is a sales tax; another is a device in your car that keeps track of your driving and charges you accordingly. Also, we ask the governor what he would say if he got some time with President-elect Donald Trump. Then, we hear from Boulder’s Yonder Mountain String Band which is hard at work on a new album. And, it’s time to curl up with a good book or give one as a gift. Two Colorado booksellers offer their holiday picks.
Hamilton Electors in Colorado, A Farming Family’s 40-Year Fight For Water
The voters have spoken, but the Electoral College hasn’t yet. Electors choose the next president on Monday and some of them have a plan to stop Donald Trump. However, a court in Colorado just dealt their movement a blow. Then, what a Colorado family learned when they quit the city and bought a farm near Greeley. The property came with water, but it didn’t mean they could always use it. Tershia D’Elgin’s new book about her father is called “The Man Who Thought He Owned Water.”
Scientists Implore Trump On Climate Change, Sisters Face Alzheimer’s, Craftbrewers Help Italy’s Beer Makers
Hundreds of scientists, including roughly 70 from Colorado, have signed a letter to President-Elect Donald Trump asking him to “…take immediate and sustained action against human-caused climate change.” We ask a CU-Boulder ecologist — is it a quixotic move? Then sisters Jessica and Robin McIntyre are dealing with the prospect of early-onset Alzheimer’s. One sister has inherited the genetic mutation, the other has not. Plus, how Colorado jump started craft brewing in Italy.
A New Colorado Water Fight, Wrapping Up The 2016 Election, ‘Treason In The Rockies’ During WWII
The water in the Fraser River, which winds through Grand County, is in demand. Native species and recreationists want water to stay in the river, but Denver Water plans to bring more of it to its customers on the Front Range. CPR’s Nathaniel Minor found environmentalists disagree on what to do. Then, we take stock of how Coloradans voted in 2016. And, German, Japanese and Italian prisoners of war were kept in camps throughout the US — including in Colorado — during World War II. At one, Camp Hale near Leadville, an American soldier who sympathized with the Nazis tried to help two German soldiers escape.
How A Nazi Sympathizer Helped German Soldiers Escape From A Colorado POW Camp
Dale Maple was stationed at Camp Hale and hoped to cross the Mexican border with two German POWs. Author Paul N. Herbert writes about Maple in his new book “Treason In The Rockies.”
Investigating Online Schools, Colorado ISIS Roots, Cannabis Research, And A Pearl Harbor Survivor
At Colorado’s largest online school, GOAL Academy, only a fraction of students logged on consistently, according to an investigation by Education Week. Now the school’s founder is involved with the opening of two new online schools. Then, a father of modern radical Islamism lived in Northern Colorado briefly in 1949. He later went home to Egypt and authored writings popular with today’s jihadists. Also, Colorado State University-Pueblo recently launched the country’s first center for cannabis research. And on the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, we hear from a survivor who was on the USS Arizona that day.
Islam cannot fulfill its role, except by taking concrete role in a society, rather in a nation.
Later… what’s billed as the country’s FIRST cannabis research center… opens at Colorado State University – Pueblo. Then… it’s the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. We hear from a Colorado survivor –nearly burned alive in the depths of the sinking USS Arizona…
“We were no escape there from down the hatch, and down the ladder, since everything was so hot, and I tried to close the hatch and got burned pretty bad.”
I-70 Expansion Lawsuit, An Ocean On Pluto, Tailoring Education To Student Needs
The small house in north Denver near Interstate 70 where Candi CdeBaca lives has been in her family for generations. She thinks a plan to expand the interstate is a civil rights violation. She provides her thoughts and we hear the state’s viewpoint. Then, is there an ocean on Pluto? And, in 1966 two nuns founded one of the first schools in Colorado for kids with learning differences.
Supreme Court Contenders From Colorado, Fracking And Drinking Water, School Vouchers, The Lumineers’ New Holiday Song
Donald Trump’s list of potential nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court includes three Coloradans. A former state Supreme Court justice, Rebecca Love Kourlis, explains who they are and what their legal careers indicate about how they would rule on the bench. Plus, an investigation into why — at almost the last minute — language changed in an EPA report on fracking and drinking water. And, the future of voucher programs in U.S. schools. We also share a new holiday song from The Lumineers, and profile a Denver muralist.
Investigation Finds EPA Downplayed Effects Of Fracking On Drinking Water
Early versions of the agency’s report highlighted contaminated drinking water and vulnerabilities from fracking. The final version turned out differently: Fracking had not “led to widespread, systemic impacts.”
What Republicans Might Do With The Affordable Care Act, Innovative Classroom Design, A Guide For Avalanche Fans
The open enrollment season now underway could be the last for the current Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare. Republicans have promised to repeal and replace the law — but what would that look like? Then, an innovative classroom design that includes whiteboard-equipped desks and “wobble chairs.” And, “100 Things Avalanche Fans Should Known & Do Before They Die.”
The Avalanche Were Nearly Called ‘The Extreme’ And Other Fun Hockey Facts
Bleacher Report’s lead NHL writer Adrian Dater talks with a diehard hockey fan about his new book, “100 Things Avalanche Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.”
Academic Standards Debate, Young Climate Change Crusader, Gay Games, Directing Theatre From A Wheelchair
A part-time professor at Community College of Aurora complained that a recent change in the school’s curriculum made some classes too easy. He says he was fired because of it, but the school says he was dismissed because he didn’t implement the curriculum effectively. Then, a 16-year-old from Boulder sued the government for not doing more to stop climate change. Also, Denver is vying to host the Gay Games, a major sporting and cultural event for the LGBT community. And, Denver’s Phamaly Theater Company features actors with disabilities. Its new artistic director is believed to be the only person in a wheelchair leading a major U.S. theater group.
Sanctuary Cities Under Trump, Know Your Skier Liability, Smart Tech Coming To I-70, Colorado’s Newest CoverGirl
Donald Trump says there will be consequences for communities that don’t fully cooperate with Federal immigration officials. CPR’s Vic Vela reports on what that could mean for places like Denver and Aurora. Then, we talk liability on the slopes — recently a snowboarder was ordered to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for running into a skier. Plus, a stretch of I-70 between Golden and Vail could soon become “smart.” What the in-road sensors could mean for traffic to the mountains. And CoverGirl’s new mascara model hails from Colorado. She’s also the first to wear a hijab.
Trump And Colorado, Aurora’s First Female Mayor, The USS Colorado To Be Christened
Robert Blaha, the co-chairman of Donald Trump’s Colorado campaign, is now helping the new administration’s transition team regionally. Blaha discusses what a Trump presidency could mean for Colorado. Then, the first and only woman to lead the city of Aurora, Norma O. Walker, talks about her administration. The Navy is about to christen a new submarine: The USS Colorado.
Amendment T’s Demise, Medical ‘Miracles,’ A Fix For Wet Electronics
Why the ballot effort to eliminate the legal slavery reference from the state constitution went down in defeat. Also, a Colorado pediatrician asked physicians for stories about unforgettable patient recoveries and collected them in a new book. Then, some Colorado entrepreneurs have developed a machine that dries waterlogged electronics. Staples stores across the country have bought the machines and are offering the service to customers.
