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Eco-briefs | Xcel Energy: Turn dead trees into a power source
XCEL ENERGY: TURN DEAD TREES INTO A POWER SOURCE...
Wind energy research funding; The ocean’s oxygen
NREL will see $30 million in funding from federal government in 2017
Wind energy research, and especially the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden,...
Women living near pesticide-treated fields have smaller babies
Women in Northern California farm towns gave birth to smaller babies if they lived within three miles of strawberry fields and other crops treated with the pesticide methyl bromide, according to researchers...
Shifting poles; Lasting effects of Deep Horizon
Climate change shifts Earth’s geographic pole
Scientists have known for decades the impacts of global warming — from changes in weather patterns to drastic sea...
Opening up to sustainable art
What began as an initiative to help the Center for ReSource Conservation clear out its inventory has blossomed into a community-building collaboration of artists and is drawing visitors into surprising corners of Boulder. The Bold Doors tour reinvented about 100 ...
A bright future outside plastics
When Michael SanClements set out on an eco-dare to create no plastic waste for two weeks, he says it changed the way he saw the world by opening his eyes to just how prevalent plastics are. In his book, Plastic Purge: How to Use Less Plastic, Eat Better, Keep Toxins ...
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 ...
Let worms eat your garbage
Tired of having to turn that big ol’ pile of compost over and over? ’Cause if you don’t, it’s going to stink worse than it does when you do? There’s an app for that. It’s called earthworms. Yep, those little red wriggly guys that surface after a rain. They’ll ...
‘The Human Quest’ calls for new Industrial Revolution
Humans have taken over the “planetary driving seat,” according to The Human Quest: Prospering within Planetary Boundaries. Through the “language of art and science,” writer Johan Rockström and photographer Mattias Klum work to steer the world’s “drivers” down a ...
Under pressure
Fracking has no “widespread, systematic” impacts on drinking water, according to a draft of an Environmental Protection Agency study released June 4, but industry influence on the study invites skepticism...
