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Amendments to Boulder County’s Land Use Code approved
On Dec. 13, at a near-empty board meeting at the Boulder County Courthouse, proposed amendments to the County’s Land Use Code got the rubber...
The TV weathercasters who are shifting public opinion on the climate...
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...
Saving Rudolph
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...
Vulture lookout
They can be kind of disgusting,” Wildlife Ecologist at City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks Heather Swanson says with a laugh, before admitting, “I like them. They are cool...
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...
We’re all gonna die
If you’re keeping track at home, the current administration’s list of budget priorities ranks “the president playing golf” a few small light years ahead...
Bacteria bricks
Concrete is by far the most utilized building material around the world. But it’s also responsible for 8% of global carbon dioxide emissions, according...
Growing roots
It’s a cold day in late April, blustery and damp, so the farmers at DeLaney Community Farm in Aurora are bundled up. It’s the...
CU prof: Don’t buy the promise of nuclear energy
A retired University of Colorado mechanical engineering professor is challenging a new documentary that espouses the virtues of nuclear power...
An annual tradition enables citizens to investigate what’s in their water
The City of Boulder has had its share of issues with drinking water over the last few years. Perhaps you read about elevated levels...
Hotter and hotter; Earth’s quasi satellite
Summers to get hotter and hotter
New research from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NOAA) shows that at the planet’s current heating rate, in...
Out of sight, out of mind no more
In the last 30 years we have lost 50 percent of the world’s coral. This loss is far from arbitrary, and Chasing Coral —...
