Boulderganic
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 ...
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...
The possible effect of best management practices in agriculture
The agricultural sector is responsible for 9 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. and methane from the raising of livestock represents almost one-third of these emissions, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
Pine beetles appear to share Santorum’s views on sex
Quote “To be whole. To be complete. Wildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather than what we are separate from...
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...
Natural guidelines
For 3.8 billion years, nature has been working hard to hone processes and designs to evolve efficiently. As humans, we borrow from what nature has perfected. That’s how products like Velcro (based on burrs) and highly efficient wind turbines (with propellers designed...
Can third time be the charm in the uphill battle for...
U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, D-Boulder, knows his numbers. He knows that more than 90 percent of Americans believe that all foods that contain or are made with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) should be required to have labels that state as much. Unfortunately, he ...
Bill Aims to Strengthen Colorado’s Climate Plan
On Feb. 10, 2016, the Colorado House of Representatives narrowly passed a bill aimed at strengthening the state’s climate plan. Unveiled in September 2015,...
A changing climate in gender equality
What do gender equality and the environmental crisis have in common...
