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Balancing Earth’s energy checkbook
The balance of how much energy the Earth receives and emits tells scientists a lot about the state of this planet’s climate.
Peter Pilewskie, a...
A high-powered mom
Heather Bailey is Boulder’s new czar of municipalization, and she knows a thing or two about regulatory agencies and cities running their own electric utilities...
Powering Puerto Rico with solar microgrids
During the weeks following Hurricane Maria, the category 4 storm that wiped out Puerto Rico’s electrical grid, dozens of messages flooded the email server...
In conversation with PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk
Animals are intelligent, aware and empathetic — far more than we as humans understand. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) founder and...
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...
Fracking’s future is in doubt as oil price plummets
There’s no doubt that U.S.-based fracking — the process through which oil and gas deposits are blasted from shale deposits deep underground — has caused a revolution in worldwide energy supplies...
The Colorado special
The room is empty except for three large, stainless-steel tanks against one wall, hooked up to wires, hoses and valves. Brian Cusworth, Chris Baca,...
Toxic trout for dinner?
You may want to think twice before frying up that batch of fresh trout from your favorite Rocky Mountain lake. Federal scientists say they’ve found high levels of toxic mercury in fish from many remote lakes and streams around the West, including Rocky Mountain ...
Eco-briefs | New University of Colorado study shows biodiversity protects against...
Biodiversity has become an increasingly important topic among scientists studying infectious disease, but can be tricky to test because of the complexity of ecosystems...
Can the state water plan bridge the gap?
When Colorado’s earth cracked open in the great drought of 2002, it may have also cracked open a new corner of consciousness about the finite nature of the state’s water supplies. Spurred by the drought, Gov. Bill Owens and Department of Natural Resources chief Russ ...
Starting the conversation
Historic floods. Severe drought. Record wildfires. Since the turn of the century, Colorado has experienced extreme weather events made worse by climate change, resulting...
