Boulderganic
Bomb-sniffing spinach; Religious leaders and the environment
Tapping into chemical pathways
According to a study in the journal Nature Materials, scientists have nanoengineered a spinach plant that is able to detect the...
Colorado speaks up in GMO debate
Support of Proposition 37 in California has dropped by more than 19 percent and has created a tight race in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 6 election...
More ivory to crush
Samwel Tokore has seen countless elephant carcasses in his time as wildlife operations officer for the Kenya Wildlife Service. But he is still disturbed by what he calls the slaughter and torture of these creatures by poachers...
The fourth “R”
Order a to-go latte from Seeds Cafe in Boulder’s Main Library and, if you don’t have your own reusable mug, there’s a chance you’ll...
Getting smarter about sustainability
On Earth Day in 1970, a group of dedicated students on the University of Colorado Boulder campus did something unprecedented. They created the first-ever student-facilitated and -organized environmental center. In years following, CU-Boulder students would continue ...
CSU research helps remediate Superfund contaminated by mining operations
Despite its decline in the past 100 years, mining continues to impact communities around Colorado as contaminated effluence from abandoned mines leaches into local...
Breaking up is hard to do
On April 10, activists protested outside JP Morgan Chase locations in Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs and 20 other locations around the state. The activists...
Eco-internships give career seekers green boost
It’s an old complaint. You can’t get a job without experience, and you can’t get experience without a job. Even in today’s newer green-related industries, teenagers discover this on their first round of job applications, and so do many adults when they try to ...
Polluted canvases
Sometimes we need the most literal of images to open our eyes. So it is with Kim Abeles’ art — she creates art with smog so viewers can see the dirty tracks of the way we live in clear outlines. She has enlarged often-overlooked lichen and given them eyes...
BPA in canned foods; Zika in U.S.
BPA found in linings of canned foods
A new report released March 30 finds Bisphenol A (BPA) in the linings of two-thirds of America’s canned...
