Boulderganic

Capturing carbon

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In the U.S., we treat more than 100 trillion gallons of wastewater every year, enough to submerge a mile-wide swath from Boulder to Colorado Springs, one mile deep in wastewater. Treating that water requires 15 gigawatts of electricity, the equivalent of 6,000 wind ...

Seize the day

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This Saturday, May 20 marks the first-ever Colorado Public Lands Day, a holiday created as a non-political celebration of public lands, but whose meaning...

Hydroponic systems and seed loopholes

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Between Oct. 31 and Nov. 2, the 15 members of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) will meet with...

Never more important, never so dangerous

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“It’s difficult to reconcile yourself to the fact it may be your last day, your last moment, you know? But my spirits are up...

In our nature

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Sue Cass is a Boulder birder with a keen interest in raptors, a master gardener with an encyclopedic knowledge of the area’s wildflowers, trees...

Iraq’s skies darken as ISIS torches oil

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Even at the height of the day, the skies in many parts of northern Iraq are dark as the Islamic State (ISIS) torches oil...

With a fishing rod and an open mind

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Fishing books and magazines tend to lock in a certain archetype: a fisherman clad in expensive gear surrounded by pristine wilderness marveling in the...

At odds

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The day before debating the most impactful public lands bill in recent Colorado history, Rep. Joe Neguse received a call with special news from...

New NCAR exhibit focuses on solutions

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It’s a warm and breezy summer morning atop the hill at the west end of Table Mesa Drive, hikers set off from a popular...

Biff 2012 | Bitter stories

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In the fairytale Jack and the Beanstalk, Jack sells everything he owns — one cow — for a handful of magic beans. It works out for Jack. He takes on the Giant, wins, and returns home to a happy mother (though she may not send him to market again responsible for the ...

The fight for Earth rages on

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It started with an image. On Dec. 24, 1968, the astronauts of the first manned mission to orbit the moon — William Anders, Frank...

Union of the people

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The justification for “fracking is based in two lies — the first lie is to say that it is safe and nothing happens. That...