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New Colorado wilderness held hostage in partisan congressional gridlock

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After the budget battles of the last few years, it’s clear that Congress is fiscally dysfunctional, but our elected lawmakers also face challenges in other areas — including finding the political will to support public land preservation bills that have local ...

The long shadow of a decade of loose enforcement

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Pennsylvania and Colorado may be a nation apart, but they’re side-by-side when it comes to having recently seen explosive increases in oil and gas development, specifically through the use of hydraulic fracturing in shale formations that are often drilled ...

A passive house takes an active stand for the environment

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About an hour’s drive north from Boulder’s city center, a small cabin-like structure sits nestled tightly between three healthy Ponderosa pines. Its south face,...

Front Range Bioneers Conference fosters planetary discussions

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When international visionaries and leading innovators come together to discuss the planet’s most pressing environmental, health and social justice issues, nothing but positivity can come out of it — that or at least thought-provoking conversation and some lively ...

Beyond green homes

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Prepare to be amazed. Or surprised. Or jealous. This year’s Tour of Sustainable Homes, formerly the Tour of Solar and Green Homes, has planned a day of programming designed to let you get acquainted with more than your neighbors’ solar panels...

Business takes baby steps in eco-entrepreneurship

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Lisa and Glenn Cratty were looking for a better quality of life when they relocated their young family to Louisville from Los Angeles in 2009. But while looking for another job in her field of corporate management, Lisa realized that the dream could still elude her...

Home, home on the grange

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Many people, when they hear the word “grange,” think of a ZZ Top song, or, at best, something about a farm...

Turn up the heat

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Red chili peppers are hot, both as a spice and as a new remedy for pain relief. It turns out that capsaicin, the substance that gives hot chili peppers their fire, also acts as an anti-inflammatory agent and pain reliever...

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...

Eco-briefs | Groundwater contaminated after fracking fluid leak in Canada

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An investigation into a fracking fluid leak near Calgary, in Canada, has confirmed groundwater contamination. On Sept. 22, 2011, Crew Energy Inc. workers “inadvertently perforated above the base of groundwater protection” and proceeded with hydraulic fracturing ...

Federal report finds EPA negligence to blame for gold king spill;...

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FEDERAL REPORT FINDS EPA NEGLIGENCE TO BLAME FOR GOLD KING SPILL...

eco-briefs

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EPA WON’T PAY FINES FOR ANIMAS RIVER SPILL, CRITICS CRY FOR ACCOUNTABILITY...