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Fracking’s future is in doubt as oil price plummets
There’s no doubt that U.S.-based fracking — the process through which oil and gas deposits are blasted from shale deposits deep underground — has caused a revolution in worldwide energy supplies...
Rooting for change
When Elizabeth Black was a kid growing up in Hawaii, she spent her days running without shoes between the banyan trees, sometimes as large...
NPR’s ‘Going There’ covers Colorado’s water issue
In the digital age, journalism can get lazy. With internet sources and phone interviews, Skype and file-sharing, investigating a story can be done from...
What has become of the American farm?
Eating Animals is not out to tell you to become a vegetarian. Instead, the new documentary, directed by Christopher Quinn and produced by Natalie...
Pumping seawater onto Antarctica won’t work
Sea level rise is likely to be a problem too big to handle. Geoengineers will not be able to magic away the rising tides,...
Temporary nature
The world as we know is changing. As temperatures soar, ice melts and water levels rise, artists like Tom Rice are striving to capture the final moments of these landscapes to preserve for the future...
Moving at the ‘speed of social’ to inspire adventure and effect...
Travis Rice is a professional snowboarder, but on Sept. 19, he leaned over the side of his GunBoat 48 catamaran and dipped a one-liter...
Eco-briefs | Aerosols from one side of world influence rainfall on...
A field study conducted by researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the University of California San Diego (UCSD) shows that dust and microorganisms help spur precipitation, which California counts on for its water supply. The ...
Gettin’ down with the farm
It`s high noon at Frog Belly Farm near Longmont, and the interns are busy tending newly born goats, chasing escaped piglets, checking beehives, picking and washing herbs and vegetables — in addition to all the other daily chores, such as milking cows and goats, ...
Pine beetles appear to share Santorum’s views on sex
Quote “To be whole. To be complete. Wildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather than what we are separate from...
