Eco-Briefs
Bomb-sniffing spinach; Religious leaders and the environment
Tapping into chemical pathways
According to a study in the journal Nature Materials, scientists have nanoengineered a spinach plant that is able to detect the...
Eco-briefs | Nuclear sensors could be used to predict tsunamis and...
A network of sensors used to track nuclear weapons since the Cold War could be used for environmental monitoring instead, according to a study published in Science last week...
Solar energy program creates opportunity for low-income families in Lafayette
Energy bills are no small matter for families with low income. According to a study by the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, these families have gone from spending 12 percent of their after-tax income on energy costs in 2001 to 21 percent in 2012. ...
Eco-briefs | City to hand out free reuseable bags ahead of...
CITY TO HAND OUT FREE REUSABLE BAGS AHEAD OF FEE...
Eco-briefs | Boulder engineer competing for grant to jumpstart water reserve...
There are only five finalists left from a field of thousands of competitors in the GQ and Ketel One “A Gentleman’s Call” competition, which is handing out $100,000 to the winning business concept. Tom Rachlin, a 27-year-old engineer from Boulder, is one of the ...
ECO BRIEFS | Week of February 06
The National Park Experience will premier its film, Love in the Tetons, on Feb. 8 at eTown Hall in Boulder. The goal of the film series, National Park Experience, is to revive the adoration for national parks through true and diverse stories of people’s ...
Climate outlook; The Ogallala Aquifer
Climate outlook projects warm, wet spring likely for much of Colorado and the West
After announcing that February 2016 was “probably” the warmest month globally...
Eco-briefs | Fort Collins bans fracking
Following in the footsteps of Longmont, the Fort Collins City Council voted to approve an initial ban on hydraulic fracturing within city limits...
