Boulderganic
Ned residents think sustainability
A dozen Nederland residents sat down on May 9 to start planning how to craft a vision statement for their community that will empower residents to take action — Nederland’s Envision 2020. They know it can work; their open spaces, parks, playgrounds, tennis courts and...
Study reveals Coloradans’ take on public lands; Planned dams in South...
Conservation study reveals Coloradans’ take on public lands
A survey released Monday by the Colorado College State of the Rockies Project revealed Colorado voters support...
Reacting to climate change; Banning fracking in Latin America
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...
NPR’s ‘Going There’ covers Colorado’s water issue
In the digital age, journalism can get lazy. With internet sources and phone interviews, Skype and file-sharing, investigating a story can be done from...
No environmental regulations in this House
Though Congress this year may be better known as the session that failed to accomplish anything, a report commissioned by three ranking members of the House shows this year’s collection of Representatives has cast more anti-environment votes than any other in ...
Iraq’s skies darken as ISIS torches oil
Even at the height of the day, the skies in many parts of northern Iraq are dark as the Islamic State (ISIS) torches oil...
Americans want more renewable energy. Can ‘community choice’ help them get...
Editor’s note: A bill to study community choice energy (or aggregation) at the Public Utilities Commission, sponsored by Rep. Edie Hooten from Boulder, is...
Fried fish, smothered fish
First thing every morning, Ryan Votta walks across the Durango Fish Hatchery campus and over to the isolation unit. Before stepping inside, he disinfects...
eco-briefs
CROWD SOURCING PROGRAM WILL AID BIOLOGISTS IN THE FIGHT TO SAVE THE CALIFORNIA CONDOR...
IT’S UP TO US
While the nations of the world were putting the final touches on the historic Paris accord on climate change, I stood below the Eiffel tower gripping a 100 meter long banner with a simple, salient message, “It’s Up to Us to Leave It in the Ground.” The second “It” on...