Boulderganic
Grasshopper invasion?
Grasshoppers. Coming soon to a field, garden or yard near you. Eating everything of plant material, including cotton T-shirts on clothes lines. Or so rumor has it. It came up at my book club meeting, where a couple of members said they heard about it recently on ...
Dam releases dirty energy; CSU continues to study methane
Dam releases dirty energy
The U.S. Department of the Interior released its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) regarding the Glen Canyon Dam, admitting the dam...
Fishing for sustainable seafood
Step away from the shrimp cocktail and the smoked salmon spread. Even fisheries that sell products stamped with the seal of approval from the Marine Stewardship Council, an international nonprofit that promotes solutions to overfishing and certifies fisheries and ...
The best possible compromise
After years of requests from the wind energy industry, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) will now be able to issue wind energy...
Biologist recruits rock climbers to help save Colorado’s bats
These are hard times for bats in North America. Our winged mammalian cousins face a very serious fungal threat in many parts of the...
Are flame retardants causing toxic couches?
Flame retardants in U.S. furniture are on the rise, with a new study finding them in nearly all couches tested...
Study finds a large slice of climate denial donations funneled through...
The largest, most-consistent money fueling the climate denial movement is coming from a number of well-funded conservative foundations built with so-called “dark money,” or concealed donations, according to an analysis released in December...
Natural Habitat Adventures to offset air travel emissions for all clients
When Court Whelan isn’t leading zero-waste adventures through Yellowstone, watching polar bears from a rover in the Canadian Arctic, or taking teachers and curious...
Envelope, please
Fueled by federal grant dollars and powered by a team of advisors, the EnergySmart program is proving catalytic in the way it helps people take action after receiving an energy audit...
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 —...
Taking a monkey wrench to climate change
While the grizzlies near his Montana home hibernate, Doug Peacock retreats to southern Arizona to a town near the Mexican border where he can wander 100 miles before hitting another town. The self-described desert rat honed his wilderness affinities under legendary ...