Boulderganic

In the name of freedom

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Carol Walker of Longmont can tell a wild horse by the look in its eyes, an expression of the untamed vastness of the once wild West. For Walker, the author of Galloping to Freedom, a photographic documentation of the plight of wild horses in Wyoming, there is a sense...

Filling the gap

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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...

eco-briefs

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AIR POLLUTION 101...

Lightening the load for organic certification

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Organic certification comes at a hefty cost — anywhere from $800 to $2,500. But Colorado companies can get some of that money back, at...

Eco-briefs | Those emerald shores just might be toxic

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THOSE EMERALD SHORES JUST MIGHT BE TOXIC...

Environment as experience

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Music is spontaneous and very much alive. It is a type of experience. That is, according to David Amram, a prolific composer who has...

Changes to the Endangered Species List; Spread of Ebola, other diseases...

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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,...

Climate change or global warming?

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More Americans say the term “global warming” is bad news than take that view when the term “climate change” is used instead, according to a recent study from the Yale Project on Climate Change Communications and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change ...

Eco-challenged tech

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Three-D printing is the new industrial revolution. Ty Syt, a member of the Boulder hackerspace Solid State Depot, says interest in 3-D printing will only continue to grow as more people learn to use the technology. But, it’s a wasteful process, he says, and there’s ...

Delving into the questions raised by ‘GMO OMG’

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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 ...

Colorado speaks up in GMO debate

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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...

New ocean energy plan could worsen global warming

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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 ...