Boulderganic

Growing momentum

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In June, Sweden’s largest pension fund, AP7, sold off its investments in six energy companies that it says are in violation of the Paris...

Carbon offset not a free pass

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If you’re an eco-conscious commuter, the holiday travel may grow your carbon footprint a few sizes — but if you’re also an eco-conscious gift-giver, then ’tis the season to consider carbon offsets in your holiday shopping...

Gettin’ down with the farm

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  It`s high noon at Frog Belly Farm near Longmont, and the interns are busy tending newly born goats, chasing escaped piglets, checking beehives, picking and washing herbs and vegetables — in addition to all the other daily chores, such as milking cows and goats, ...

Reacting to climate change; Banning fracking in Latin America

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How species could react to a changing climate New research from scientists at the University of Wisconsin Madison and Aarhus University in Denmark shows where...

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...

Vanishing ice; Planting trees

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Putting numbers to vanishing ice A paper published in Geographical Review in July announced the development of a database for all research about sea ice...

The full reach of addiction

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Humankind’s relationship with psychoactive substances can be traced back thousands of years to religious trances induced by specific plants and fungai. But some substances are more addictive than others, and opium, caffeine and nicotine have become commonplace, in ...

A darker shade of snow

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As the Dark Snow Project reached the end of its inaugural year, its director was feeling anxious...

Recycling the dregs of humanity

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Beer, wine, coffee and tea have different names for the sometimes gunky dregs of our most popular beverages. And they’re all as recyclable as the paper/ plastic/glass, etc., items we’re used to. Spent grains are what’s left between the brewing and fermentation ...

The future of wind energy in question

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Each year that the wind Production Tax Credit has been allowed to expire, the wind energy industry has seen major declines. This year, wind energy faces that possibility for a fourth time in the credit’s 20-year life span...

Grant helps communities kick-start zero-waste efforts

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Boulder County is launching a nifty initiative that will help eight rural communities and townships, as well as a couple of rural homeowner associations have a chance to offer greater resource conservation opportunities to their constituents...

Climate research struggles to find funding

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With the crisis of global heating now widely recognized as one of the most challenging issues facing the world today, you might assume that...