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Sam Brasch

@sambrasch.bsky.social

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Climate and environment reporter for Colorado Public Radio in Denver, CO.

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Sam Brasch @sambrasch.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Bleh. With all the wildfire smoke in Colorado, definitely a day to exercise indoors.

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Sam Brasch @sambrasch.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Not much of a surprise, but Yglesias has a soft spot for Manny Rutinel, a former EarthJustice lawyer who supported a fracking ban at the start of his campaign before shifting in favor of "all of the above" energy.

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Sam Brasch @sambrasch.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

It's mind-boggling until you remember Polis' family built their fortune in e-greeting cards.

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Sam Brasch @sambrasch.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

The NSF just released a "dear colleague" asking for ideas to inform its plans to restructure the National Center for Atmospheric Research. This includes proposals to repurpose NCAR's Mesa Lab, an architectural icon below the Boulder Flatirons, for "private use."

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Sam Brasch @sambrasch.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

NCAR once represented a commitment to make U S. the world's leader in atmospheric science. Now the White House has announced plans to disband it — hours before it will likely lose power to prevent wildfires on another extremely dry, hot, windy day around Boulder.

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Sam Brasch @sambrasch.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Because tense city council meetings are somehow a new thing in...Boulder? This whole NYT article trying to connect the dots between the horrible tragedy on Sunday and local Boulder politics is really reaching.

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Sam Brasch @sambrasch.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Behold the power of dirt cheap leases and probably some political misgivings about Tesla. Nissan is now the #1 EV brand in CO.

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Sam Brasch @sambrasch.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

NOW: EPA Region 8 staff organized by AFGE Local 3607 rallying in defense of their jobs after President Trump promised broad layoffs at the agency.

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Sam Brasch @sambrasch.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Nothing hits quite like an IKEA medium breakfast after an early morning pledge drive shift. 🤌🤌

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Sam Brasch @sambrasch.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

This is how CO's Republican congressional delegation is referring to the Canadian wolves CPW has already released somewhere on the Western Slope this week.

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Sam Brasch @sambrasch.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

RTD CEO Debra Johnson thinks Denver is too cold and the food kinda sucks here. Amazing reporting from @nbminor.bsky.social. www.cpr.org/2024/12/10/a...

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Sam Brasch @sambrasch.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

On the job with the Goosinator.

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Sam Brasch @sambrasch.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Rocky just did the most bizarre rendition of Defying Gravity, but I, for one, fully support a full corporate merger between the NBA and Broadway.

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Sam Brasch @sambrasch.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Caught my first glimpse of the Postal Service's new electric mail trucks in Denver. So sexy.

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