Anthony Cotton

Flygskam is Swedish for “flight shame.” Put another way, it’s the feeling of guilt based on air travel’s carbon footprint. Joep VanDijk had misgivings about air travel, so when he accepted a job as a climate scientist at CU Boulder, he decided against flying to Colorado. His trip from Holland took nearly three months. Meanwhile, Dan Rutherford just returned from a Hawaiian vacation and yes, he flew. It’s a decision he wrestles with, personally and professionally, as a program director with the International Council on Clean Transportation. We speak with both men about the increasing awareness about this issue.

De’Von Bailey was buried Friday. The 19-year-old African-American was shot and killed by police in Colorado Springs earlier this month. Bailey was a suspect in an attempted armed robbery, and although police did find a gun on him as he lay dying, body cam footage shows he was running away from officers when he was shot. We’re waiting now to learn if the District Attorney will file charges against the officers involved. Let’s get a unique perspective on the story from the leader of a civil rights group in the Springs who’s also former law enforcement.

Tonight begins round two of the Democratic presidential debates. John Hickenlooper says he first tried to establish the basics, and in tonight’s sequel, from Detroit, he wants to convince the American people why he should be the nominee. Meanwhile, amid a flurry of positive press, Colorado’s other candidate, Senator Michael Bennet, is preparing for his appearance on night two.

How do you keep people cool on a warming planet without making the problem worse? That’s one of the challenges raised by the Global Cooling Prize, which has invited some deep thinkers to tackle the issue of air conditioning. Iain Campbell is Senior Fellow with the Rocky Mountain Institute, sponsor of the Prize.

Gov. Jared Polis made history as a Democratic speaker, and Rep. Ken Buck talked Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Robert Mueller’s upcoming testimony.

For one, Gov. Jared Polis will become the first Democratic lawmaker to speak at the annual event.

After Josh Cordova, 13, found himself in the center of an ugly brawl among parents and coaches at a kids’ baseball game in a Denver suburb, major league umpires had his back.

In the run-up to the debate, both Hickenlooper and Bennet said they wanted to use the night as a way of introducing themselves to America.

The U.S. attorney, nominated by President Trump a year ago, must pick and choose which cases his office will pursue.