Video: Fracking the cause of Fort Lupton’s flaming faucet?

This week’s cover story, “The Insider,” profiles Colorado Oil and Gas Association president Tisha Schuller, whose efforts to defend her industry’s strong presence in the state have been made tougher by the fallout from Josh Fox’s antifracking documentary Gasland. That film “has really changed the conversation” about using hydraulic fracturing…

Fracking fight coming to Loveland?

The City of Longmont has been criticized and sued — once by the state, once by the Colorado Oil and Gas Association — over its citizens’ decision last fall to ban fracking within the city limits. That’s discouraged other local governments along the Front Range that have been thinking about…

Slow Money pushes for big results

When the Slow Food idea began back in 1986 in Italy, it was simply another innovative concept regarding sustainable agriculture. But as its founder, Carlo Petrini, continued to build a following and expound on the potential benefits of stopping the spread of fast food, the concept caught fire and turned…

Photos: Five most expensive properties for sale in Aspen

In recent months, we’ve shared photo posts of the most expensive homes for sale in Denver and Boulder. But they’re practically shacks compared to the priciest properties available in Aspen, where the reported sale of John Denver’s Windstar Foundation, listed last year for $13.5 million, is small potatoes by comparison…

Photos: Five most expensive homes for sale in Boulder

Last month, we shared with you a photo gallery of the five most expensive homes in Denver — and a spectacular batch it was. But don’t forget about Boulder, whose properties, as featured on BoulderHomeSource.com, are just as astonishing and often more unusual — including a three-for-one-price deal that includes…