Dan Boyce
Dan Boyce moved to the Inside Energy team at Rocky Mountain PBS in 2014, after five years of television and radio reporting in his home state of Montana. In his most recent role as Montana Public Radio’s Capitol Bureau Chief, Dan produced daily stories on state politics and government.
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Doomsday prepper properties designed to ride out societal collapse are growing in popularity. Fortitude Ranch in Colorado aims to make bunkers affordable for the middle class.
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There are five military bases in Colorado Springs, Colo. But it's the parking lot of the local VA clinic, where former service members are more willing to talk about the situation with Iran.
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President Trump recently signed a bill that will create a new branch of the U.S. military called Space Force. The National Guard will play a key role.
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The FBI arrested an avowed white supremacist on domestic terrorism charges after he made threats against a Colorado synagogue on social media. FBI agents pounced after supplying him with fake bombs.
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As part of a broader reorganization, the EPA will eliminate the role created to counsel acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler. Critics fear the move is a further demotion of scientific research.
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Real space travel will necessitate interplanetary gas stations on the moon, or on asteroids. A Colorado university has launched the first degree program in "space mining."
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Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke wants to move the Bureau of Land Management out of Washington, D.C., to the West. Now cities in Western states full of public lands are jockeying to be the new BLM hub.
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Forest officials closed the San Juan National Forest in southwest Colorado because of "historic levels" of fire danger. The closure will affect local tourism economies.
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Wildfires have forced the evacuation of people from about 2,000 homes in southwestern Colorado, and the U.S. Forest Service will close the 1.8 million acre San Juan National Forest.
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Dozens of cities are vowing to cut their carbon emissions and uphold the U.S. commitment to the Paris climate deal. Despite progress, many are falling short of their most ambitious goals.