Colorado
College football hype can be lost in translation for international students
If you’re not from the US, football and its traditions can be bewildering. To help their international students, many universities now offer a crash course in the rules, scoring and, of course, fight songs. Shannon Young reports from football-crazed Boulder, Colorado, that the classes aren’t just to help international students understand football but American culture.
A message for dog owners enjoying the great outdoors: Leave no poop behind
Most dog owners don’t think to pick up after their pets when out hiking in the backcountry, assuming it’s no big deal. But all that dog poop adds up to potential harm by introducing foreign bacteria and nutrients to forests, fields and streams.
Engineers compete to detect methane leaks, a powerful climate pollutant
Leaks of methane from gas and oil wells are a major source of climate pollution but it’s tough to detect the odorless and colorless gas. Now, a new competition is spurring inventors to come up with cheaper and more effective methane detectors. The World’s Jason Margolis profiles two of the inventors.
Fed up with high rates, a Colorado city considers ditching its utility and relying on the sun
Residents in Pueblo, Colorado are engaged in a fight with their utility company, tired of paying among the highest electricity rates in the state. The city is looking into becoming its own utility — one powered by 100 percent renewable energy — a noble goal to lower rates and combat climate change.
Europeans are embracing American craft beer. So, why are exports trailing off?
In recent years, more and more overseas beer drinkers were trying out the bold, often hoppy experiments coming from America’s craft brewers. Exports of US craft beers boomed. But now, exports are cooling off. We visit the New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, the nation’s fourth-largest craft brewer, to learn about the challenges becoming a global player.
