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Environmental engineers

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A three-wheeled, alien vehicle that can be lifted with relative ease by three or four young men is carrying the hopes of five engineering students at the University of Colorado...

Local nonprofit provides clean water in Malawi

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Sitting in class, studying for a bachelors’ degree in business at the University of Kansas, Heidi Rickels felt her heart beating faster every time...

Mobilizing the ‘outdoor state’

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A Boulder nonprofit and an innovative solar company join forces to offer clean energy solutions to outdoor enthusiasts

CSU research helps remediate Superfund contaminated by mining operations

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Despite its decline in the past 100 years, mining continues to impact communities around Colorado as contaminated effluence from abandoned mines leaches into local...

Can planting trees make a city more equitable?

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As the U.S. grapples with natural disasters and racial injustice, one coalition of U.S. cities, companies and nonprofits sees a way to make an...

Curing cancer; Plant diversity decreasing

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Cell division research could stop cancer According to the National Institutes of Health, 1.5 million people in the United States are diagnosed with cancer each...

Fighting for indoor air quality, mid-fire season

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2020 was a historically bad year for wildfires across the western U.S. And 2021 is on pace to be even worse. So far, this...

Changing lives with freshwater access in South Africa

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When Norman Mthethwa arrives back to his village in South Africa, he’s got a tight schedule and a lot of work to do. After...

Poor air quality and health problems could become the summertime norm...

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Stand by for long, hot North American summers of smarting eyes, tickling throats, asthma, bronchitis and emphysema. And crops could also suffer, because ground-level ozone pollution is likely to increase in the U.S...

Conference puts food economy on table

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Transition Colorado is the reorganized, combined version of nonprofits Transition Boulder and Boulder County Going Local...

Saving Rudolph

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Not too far from the North Pole, Norwegian trains have killed more than 100 reindeer in a recent three-day period. Train companies claim the...

Can Divestment help fix PERA?

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There’s a growing movement both in Colorado and around the world calling on investment managers to rid their funds of coal and other fossil...