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Eco-briefs | Road-tripping to raise awareness for wild lands

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ROAD-TRIPPING TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR WILD LANDS...

Boulder building efficiency

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If Boulder was big enough to qualify for the list of largest U.S. cities ranked for energy efficiency, it would knock Denver out of the top 10, coming in at No. 7...

Vanishing ice; Planting trees

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Putting numbers to vanishing ice A paper published in Geographical Review in July announced the development of a database for all research about sea ice...

Cutting down consumption

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When Laura Douglas and her family bought a new house in Northwest Denver last year, she couldn’t believe all the junk she had accumulated...

Hungry for a smarter food system

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At 8:30 a.m. on a chilly December morning outside of Community Food Share, a local food bank just off of Highway 119, people of all shapes, sizes and colors line up with shopping carts waiting for the doors to open so they can acquire the groceries needed to feed ...

Is water Colorado’s earthship-limiting factor?

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Earthships aiming to land in Colorado pour on a slew of questions about rights to the rain. Permaculture-minded and rather postmodern, the gridfree homes are designed to catch rainwater for consumptive, gray water and black water use. But in most parts of the state, ...

The TV weathercasters who are shifting public opinion on the climate...

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This story originally appeared in The Guardian. It is republished here as part of Boulder Weekly’s partnership with Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration...

Put your money where your mouth is

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At the most recent University of Colorado open Board of Regents meeting, Katie Raitz took the opportunity during open comments to talk fossil fuels, fossil fuel companies and why the University of Colorado should divest from them. “After demonstrated student support...

Eco-briefs | The Second Kitchen food co-op plans to expand on...

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The Second Kitchen Food Buying Coop, which was created two years ago by three University of Colorado students, has outgrown its current location at 1076 Grant Place and announced plans to try to move to a bigger space. The co-op is trying to raise enough money by ...

Progress on the roadmap

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Colorado has a goal to run on 100 percent renewable energy by 2040—how far along the path are we, and is it still achievable?

Lacking labels

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 Natural,” “organic,” “whole grain,” “hormone free”: the labels in grocery store aisles are endless, all designed to tell consumers more about the products available for purchase...

eco-briefs

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EPA WON’T PAY FINES FOR ANIMAS RIVER SPILL, CRITICS CRY FOR ACCOUNTABILITY...