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Boulderganic

With rain barrels legal, what’s next for conservation?

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As of last Wednesday, Coloradans can finally legally collect rainwater from their roof. It’s a small victory in the effort to manage water more...

Jumping the power lines

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Forget the grid. For the developing world, forget the power lines and the coal-fired electricity they deliver. In developing countries, renewable energy sources are the answer to getting people online, powering up their cell phones and running computer labs in ...

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LET IT RAIN...

Most U.S. wildfires started by humans

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Humans have more than doubled the wildfire season in the U.S. People — rather than natural causes — were responsible for 84 percent of...

U.S. ivory laws; Aerial seed bombing

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Most ivory sales now illegal in United States  On June 2 President Obama signed a measure introduced by the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that...

Breaking the ice without guilt

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Shopping for the most responsible tools for our chores can be challenging unless a knowledgeable merchant is already ahead of the game...

Eco-briefs | New University of Colorado study shows biodiversity protects against...

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Biodiversity has become an increasingly important topic among scientists studying infectious disease, but can be tricky to test because of the complexity of ecosystems...

Ivory poaching rears its head

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Uhuru lay in a clearing surrounded by acacias, far from any roads, legs bent as if ready to run. He was headless, and whatever glory he had when he was alive had bled from the open wound...

Beetle-mania

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After suffering more than 15 years of a mountain pine beetle outbreak, Colorado’s forests are now facing another bark beetle epidemic. Last year, 183,000 acres of Colorado’s forests were infested with the spruce beetle, bringing the total acreage affected by spruce ...

A masochist’s love letter

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I love telling the story of my wisdom teeth. Anytime someone mentions a tooth extraction or dentistry mishap, I weasel my experience into the ring...

Rivers in wintry cities remain salty year-round

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As winter sets in across the northern United States, the road salt that keeps people out of ditches is flowing into rivers at levels that could harm fish and other creatures...