Boulderganic
Ill winds paint dusty picture for Colorado snowpack
Along with sandhill cranes and antelopes, snow-weary mountain dwellers often migrate en masse to warmer spots in the spring, heading to the Desert Southwest to take a break from skiing. But in the past few years, the desert has come to some ski slopes long before ...
Eco-briefs | Those emerald shores just might be toxic
THOSE EMERALD SHORES JUST MIGHT BE TOXIC...
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...
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...
Hickenlooper’s new oil and gas regulations: Real substance or fracking greenwash?
The oil and gas industry and Gov. John Hickenlooper’s “plan A” was easy enough to spot when it came to their shared desire to increase oil and gas development in Colorado. For its part, the industry spent millions of dollars on advertising to convince the public that...
Searching for a CSA
If you are trying to avoid GMOs and the potential for strange growths or zombie-like qualities this summer, participating in a CSA, or Community Supported Agriculture, may be a good choice...
Lightening the load for organic certification
Organic certification comes at a hefty cost — anywhere from $800 to $2,500. But Colorado companies can get some of that money back, at...
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,...
Eco-challenged tech
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 ...
Interview: Pete McBride, director of ‘Water Tower’
National Geographic photographer Pete McBride, known in his...
Drought lessons from Colorado
In March 2016, the Obama administration released another piece of its plan to mitigate the impacts of climate change. The Long-term Drought Resilience Plan...
Plans to dam the Amazon will cost the Earth
Even clean energy could devastate the Amazon, according to new research. A massive increase in hydropower from a series of planned Amazon dams could...

















