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🌱 Mega Drought + Retailers May Boycott + Drilling In Firestone

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Good morning Boulder! Let's get you started off today with some news you can use.

Tuesday's weather: Sun and areas of high clouds. High: 55 Low: 29.

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Here are the top five stories in Boulder today:

  1. Big outdoor brands threaten boycott if Outdoor Retailer returns to Utah. Big outdoor brands threaten boycott if Outdoor Retailer returns to Utah. The drama continues to unfold between the trade show operator and environmental conservation groups as dozens of outdoor companies, including Patagonia, REI and The North Face, announce they'll boycott the trade show if it's moved away from Denver, back to Salt Lake City. (CO Sun)
  2. The West is suffering through the worst megadrought in over 1,200 years. According to a new study, the Western U.S. is experiencing the driest period in at least 1,200 years. The last one occurred in the 1500s, when it was still largely inhabited by Native American tribes. (NPR)
  3. Gas producer wants permission to drill closer to homes near Firestone. Occidental Petroleum's Kerr-McGee wants to drill next to homes inside of the currently allowed 2,000-foot buffer near Firestone, CO. Some say that would make the state's oil and gas rules useless. (CO Sun)
  4. City Council working on plan for funds from the American Rescue Plan. Will the city use the money on transformative goals they've defined in the past: public health and safety, affordability and service access and community and economic resiliency? (CO Daily)
  5. Environmental justice groups want the state to cut air toxins. Industrial toxins are in the air, and advocates are making it a top priority this year with a bill that would require a more stringent air monitoring program and rules that would cut hazards for neighborhoods. (CO Sun)

Today in Boulder:

  • Around the World Storytime: Holiday Park. (10:15 a.m.)
  • Screen Printing - Guided Access: Boulder Public Library. (1 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • BLDG 61's annual DIY Maker Made 2022 show at the Boulder Public Library includes art that fall outside of traditional painting and sculpture. Through March 28. (Reporting Lab)
  • Frozen Dead Guy Days Back From the Dead. After two-year hiatus, festival returns March 18-20 in Nederland. (CO Daily)
  • Camp Amache to be preserved as a place of reflection. It's not a pretty part of our past, but the Japanese internment camp in southeast Colorado will be added as a historic site as part of the U.S. National Park System. During World War II, more than 7,000 Japanese-Americans and non-citizen Japanese were relocated from the West Coast to the camp near Granada, CO. (CPR

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That's it for today! See you all Wednesday morning for another edition of the Boulder Daily — Brad K. Evans

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