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PANERA LAUNCHES CONS ER VATI O N SCO RE CARD

Colo. ranks 1st among

DELIVERY IN DENVER,
NORTHERN COLO.
Panera Bread has expanded de-

intermountain states
livery into the Denver metro area
and northern Colorado and is
seeking to hire hundreds of new
employees to accommodate the
service.
The fast casual chain, known for
it fresh baked bread, soups and
sandwiches, introduced delivery
service through its Colorado By Jason Blevins The Denver Post velopment and access to public lands. state’s prioritization of outdoor recreation
Springs stores in March, company Jennifer Rokala, the center’s executive di- ranks it alone at the top of the scorecard,
officials say. By the end of next Colorado ranks first among eight West- rector, said state policies surrounding con- with dedicated funding for conservation and
week, people residing in the neigh- ern states for access to public lands, re- servation are “a different story” than the na- recreation infrastructure through the lot-
borhoods around 30 of Panera’s 33 sponsible energy development and outdoor tional narrative, where the Trump adminis- tery-funded Great Outdoors Colorado, es-
Denver metro and northern Colo- recreation in a scorecard released Tuesday tration is promoting more aggressive energy tablishment of the Colorado Outdoor Recre-
rado bakery/cafes should also be by the Center for Western Priorities. development on public lands and is mulling ation Industry Office and funding for out-
able to get a bread bowl brought to The Denver-based nonprofit conserva- resizing some national monuments. door education focused on getting kids
their door. The expansion is part tion and advocacy group’s Conservation “Westerners understand that public outdoors. Utah was the first in the nation
of a company-wide initiative to Scorecard ranks Colorado at the top among lands are at the heart and soul of what with an outdoor recreation office, and Mon-
grow delivery service by up to 40 Intermountain West states when it comes makes living in the Western states so spe- tana this fall established an office to promote
percent. to protecting and enhancing public lands. cial,” Rokala said, noting her group’s hope the state’s outdoor recreation economy.
The chain plans to hire around Scored in 14 benchmarks, Colorado tops that the scorecard “provides a roadmap” “Here, there is an understanding that
400 people in Colorado as part of Montana, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, for lawmakers seeking to promote conser- public lands are the critical infrastructure
the service expansion. That will Nevada, Arizona and Idaho according to vation in the West. for a sustainable outdoor recreation indus-
include around 250 delivery driv- the center’s grading rubrics for policies Colorado scored highest in both outdoor try and taking care of public lands is good
ers, a news release said. governing outdoor recreation, energy de- recreation and energy development. The RANK » 12A
Orders must be placed online
using either PaneraBread.com or
the company’s mobile app. Orders
must be worth at least $5 and a $3
charge will apply. Delivery service

The lunar the better

will begin at 11 a.m. and end at 8
p.m., the company said.
— Joe Rubino, The Denver Post

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Las Vegas millionaire joins rocketing efforts to get the U.S. back to the moon

Denver will become the 25th

location to get an Amazon
Treasure Truck. Amazon,

AMAZON TREASURE
TRUCK EXPANDS
TO DENVER
Instead of thinking outside the
box, retailer Amazon is bringing
the box to Denver in the form of
the Amazon Treasure Truck,
which rolls into town this week.
The vibrant blue and red truck,
which looks like it’s part of a vin-
tage three-ring circus, stocks
hand-picked items with some sort
of discount. But the only way to
get at the deals is to sign up and
get notified on the Amazon app,
order online and then physically
find the truck and pick up the item
at a designated time, according to
the company. Denver becomes the
25th location to get its own truck.
Seattle, where Amazon is head-
quartered, has been getting trea- Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan takes NASA’s lunar roving vehicle out for a spin in 1972. The trip to the moon marked the
sures since February 2016. last manned lunar mission. Forty-five years later, momentum is growing for humans to return. NASA
Shoppers who order an item but
don’t pick it up in time will get the By Christian Davenport ministration.”
order automatically cancelled at The Washington Post NASA also needs a destination for the
the end of the pickup window
schedule, according to the truck’s
Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft N A F TA
The moon — that cold, gray outpost that it has been developing for years and at
frequently asked questions page. NASA last visited 45 years ago — is hot great expense, he said.
The company wants to keep
Denver’s first drop a secret until
again.
The vice president says so. As do Elon
While the ULA would launch the B330,
Musk’s SpaceX could resupply it while in
Trade talks
the morning of day one, which is
expected to be this week.
—Tamara Chuang, The Denver Post
Musk and Jeff Bezos. And as the Trump ad-
ministration sets its sights on the lunar sur-
Earth orbit, Bigelow said.
Bezos’ Blue Origin has said it is develop- dissolve in
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face, a growing number of companies say
they are ready for the challenge.
The latest is Bigelow Aerospace, the Las
ing a lunar lander that could ferry supplies
to the surface of the moon.
Other companies are interested as well.
harsh words
Vegas-based maker of inflatable space hab- Moon Express says it plans on sending a lu- By Steven Mufson
VOLVO UNVEILS itats. In an announcement Tuesday, the
company said it is hoping to send one of its
nar lander to the moon by next year. Astro-
botic and Masten Space Systems are also
The Washington Post

POLESTAR 1: A 4-SEAT space stations to lunar orbit by 2022 in part- working with NASA to develop vehicles The leading U.S. trade negotiator
ELECTRIC COUPE nership with United Launch Alliance, the
joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boe-
that could touch down on the surface.
And during a recent speech, Vice Presi-
exchanged unusually sharp words
with his Canadian and Mexican
ing. dent Mike Pence vowed to “return Ameri- counterparts Tuesday, saying he
BEIJING » Volvo Cars’ perfor-
Bigelow, run by multimillionaire Robert can astronauts to the moon, not only to was “disappointed” at their “reluc-
mance electric car brand, Polestar,
Bigelow, the founder of Budget Suites of leave behind footprints and flags, but to tance to give up unfair advantages.”
unveiled a four-seat coupe in light-
America, has spent hundreds of millions of build the foundation we need to send In a press conference wrapping
weight carbon fiber as its first
dollars developing space habitats made Americans to Mars and beyond.” up a fourth round of negotiations to
model Tuesday, adding to compe-
from Kevlar-like material that are inflated All of which adds up to a growing mo- revise the North American Free
tition in a market dominated until
once in space. One of its smaller habitats, mentum for a return to the moon since Eu- Trade Agreement, a combative U.S.
now by Tesla.
known as the BEAM, is currently attached gene Cernan became the last man to walk Trade Representative Robert Light-
The hybrid Polestar 1 promises a
to the international space station, where it on the lunar surface in 1972. hizer said the Trump administra-
range of 95 miles on a charge, with
has been tested for months. “We don’t want to see another 45 years go tion was determined to craft a bet-
a gasoline-powered engine to sup-
Now, Bigelow Aerospace proposes send- by,” Bigelow said. “Something needs to ter deal for U.S. companies and re-
plement that if needed.
ing a much larger version — the B330 — happen.” duce a roughly $60 billion trade
It is due to be produced at a fac-
into lunar orbit. If NASA goes for it, the $2.3 deficit with Mexico.
tory in western China and released
billion mission would go something like “Trade deficits do matter and we
in 2019.
this: The habitat would launch on ULA’s intend to reduce them,” Lighthizer
Volvo, owned since 2010 by Chi-
Vulcan rocket into low Earth orbit, where it said at a joint press conference with
nese automaker Geely Holding,
would stay for a period of months, receiv- Canada’s Minister of Foreign Af-
announced in July that it would
ing supplies and cargo, while it underwent fairs Chrystia Freeland and Mexi-
make only electric and hybrid ve-
testing to make sure everything was work- co’s Secretary of Economy Ildefon-
hicles starting in 2019.
ing properly. so Guajardo Villarreal.
The Swedish brand, known for
Then a space tug would ferry it from However, Freeland cautioned ear-
comfort and safety, launched Pole-
Earth orbit to lunar orbit, where it would lier that an agreement “cannot be
star to allow a different identity
become a space station for the moon. achieved with a winner take all
based on “really sporty perfor-
In laying out his plan during an interview mind-set.” Guajardo said: “In order
mance cars,” said its chief execu-
Tuesday, Bigelow said he was well aware of for the efforts of Mexico, the United
tive, Thomas Ingenlath.
the political and industry implications in Bigelow Aerospace proposes sending States and Canada to be fruitful, we
The company says it will follow
such a mission. The Trump administration the B330 – a larger version of its habitat, must understand that we all have
up with an all-electric model in
is looking for a first-term coup, and, he said, called the BEAM – into lunar orbit. limits.”
2019 and an SUV in 2021.
this “can actually be done within one ad- Rendering provided by United Launch Alliance NAFTA » 12A
— The Associated Press