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Deforestation intensifies warming in the Amazon Rain Forest

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Fires raging across the Amazon in recent weeks have gripped the world’s attention and renewed concerns over deforestation in this iconic ecosystem. The widespread...

Hitting on all cylinders

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"But aren’t all farms solar?,” Lynne Wesenberg asked herself as she and her husband, Dave Dell, drove by a sign for a solar farm...

Loving to grow

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It`s a little pocket of greenery, an unpainted fence, a worn driveway leading off the west side of Boulder’s North Broadway, up a slope to a strip of scruffy industrial buildings...

A life less plastic

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Part of the problem with plastic — as much as we enjoy clear plastic wraps, resealable food containers, and infant incubators — is that plastics, once created, don’t ever go away. Scientifically speaking, plastic polymers do not break down to their basic minerals, ...

Eco-briefs | Greenland´s ice cores may map future warming

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A study released by a team of international scientists indicates that Greenland’s ice core layers, which date back 100,000 years, may shed light on the future of global warming...

Biff 2012 | Bitter stories

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In the fairytale Jack and the Beanstalk, Jack sells everything he owns — one cow — for a handful of magic beans. It works out for Jack. He takes on the Giant, wins, and returns home to a happy mother (though she may not send him to market again responsible for the ...

Discarded, but not broken-arted

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Behind a blank facade in one of North Boulder’s industrial strip malls is a room vibrant with color, conversations and the noise of artisans turning out small, quirky masterpieces of recycled goodness. This is Sweetbird Studio, creative home of a Hygiene ...

Global what?

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GLOBAL WHAT...

Traverse the great outdoors without leaving your seat

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"You can’t be an outdoor enthusiast and not be a lover of nature. Or someone who is concerned about the environment,” Richard Paradise tells...

Are flame retardants causing toxic couches?

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Flame retardants in U.S. furniture are on the rise, with a new study finding them in nearly all couches tested...

With a fishing rod and an open mind

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Fishing books and magazines tend to lock in a certain archetype: a fisherman clad in expensive gear surrounded by pristine wilderness marveling in the...

Hands-on help for gardening, beekeeping

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Didn´t you resolve that this would be the year you’d finally give vegetable gardening a try, maybe even do a little beekeeping? Or maybe it’s your kids who have been campaigning for one of these projects...