Boulderganic
Heating up alternative energy
Colorado is primed to be powered by solar thermal energy, but one big challenge stands in the way: No one seems to know about it...
Global warming meltdown in the Rockies?
Anyone who tackles a tough summit like Tenmile Peak, above Frisco, probably is already tuned in to the risks of the high alpine zone — rockfall, changeable weather, equipment failure. But a snowboarder who was injured in a May 2010 avalanche on the peak may add a new...
New ocean energy plan could worsen global warming
One of renewable energy’s more outspoken enthusiasts has delivered bad news for the prospects of developing ocean thermal energy. His prediction is that although the technology could work for a while, after about 50 years it could actually exacerbate long-term ...
Filling the gap
We are booming,” says Jorge Figueroa, water policy analyst for Western Resource Advocates. In population, that is. But there’s a problem, he says: “You can’t have growth if you don’t have water...
A picture worth a couple thousand dollars
Just as farmers in the past traded their plows for tractors, today’s farmers are trading old methods for new. With the advent of modern technology, fresh possibilities have grown. The newest method is called precision agriculture and it uses drones...
Changes to the Endangered Species List; Spread of Ebola, other diseases...
Changes to the Endangered Species List
In early January, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) replied to many petitions regarding the Endangered Species List,...
Solar thermal offers alternative to natural gas
You might call it “the other solar power” — the kind that won’t be affected no matter what happens with Xcel Energy’s debated rebates for photovoltaic panels...
Delving into the questions raised by ‘GMO OMG’
Genetically modified corn could contribute to cancer in test rats, according to a controversial two-year study currently dividing scientists, media and politicians as they try to determine what that could mean to the genetically engineered food industry and public ...
Eco-briefs | Those emerald shores just might be toxic
THOSE EMERALD SHORES JUST MIGHT BE TOXIC...
Interview: Pete McBride, director of ‘Water Tower’
National Geographic photographer Pete McBride, known in his...
Mobile methane detection
Bruce Vaughn is behind the wheel of his pickup, and I’m cradling an iPad in the passenger seat. The screen shows a GPS map of our location and a colored line behind where we’ve traveled...
