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Driving greener with conventional cars
If you’ve decided that a New Year’s resolution to drive greener just isn’t doable, park that thought. You don’t have to drive a hybrid or even reduce driving to make a difference...
Ivory poaching rears its head
Uhuru lay in a clearing surrounded by acacias, far from any roads, legs bent as if ready to run. He was headless, and whatever glory he had when he was alive had bled from the open wound...
Washing away a harvest: Contamination ruins Boulder County crops
This story is part of Our Road to Recovery, our coverage of the 2013 Boulder County floods...
Slowing the flow
Lavender and lilacs — what Alice Hartman dreams of planting in her backyard next spring. Lavender, fresh and soothing; lilacs, ornamental and sweet-smelling. The...
Loving to grow
It`s a little pocket of greenery, an unpainted fence, a worn driveway leading off the west side of Boulder’s North Broadway, up a slope to a strip of scruffy industrial buildings...
A crazy amount of zucchini
When the pandemic hit last March, interest in community gardens around Boulder County skyrocketed. Some people found themselves with the time to garden, perhaps...
Conference puts food economy on table
Transition Colorado is the reorganized, combined version of nonprofits Transition Boulder and Boulder County Going Local...
The long road to carbon-free energy
Earlier this year, Xcel Energy made a commitment to reduce carbon emissions by 85% by 2030. With that goal in mind it’s launched the...
Solar energy program creates opportunity for low-income families in Lafayette
Energy bills are no small matter for families with low income. According to a study by the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, these families have gone from spending 12 percent of their after-tax income on energy costs in 2001 to 21 percent in 2012. ...
‘Run, Spot, Run’ explores the ethics of owning pets
At the beginning of May, the elephants in the Ringling Brothers’ Circus performed in their last show. This comes on the back of SeaWorld...
Questions remain with Denver’s new Green Roof Initiative
Denver’s skyline is picturesque, with downtown buildings framed by snowcapped mountains and sunny skies. But a measure that went into effect Jan. 1 requiring...
