Boulderganic
The long shadow of a decade of loose enforcement
Pennsylvania and Colorado may be a nation apart, but they’re side-by-side when it comes to having recently seen explosive increases in oil and gas development, specifically through the use of hydraulic fracturing in shale formations that are often drilled ...
Fire mitigation tangles with marketplace
Some 9,000 homes sit just west of Boulder city limits in Boulder County’s fire zone number one — the area most vulnerable to wildfire...
Fire rebuilders keep eye on green goals
Doug Parker, building sustainability examiner for Boulder County, is working with many of those who are determined to build anew after last year’s Fourmile Canyon fire...
Bike commuters risk higher exposurer to pollutants; Landmark court case establishes...
BIKE COMMUTERS RISK HIGHER EXPO- SURE TO POLLUTANTS, STUDY FINDS...
Poor air quality and health problems could become the summertime norm...
Stand by for long, hot North American summers of smarting eyes, tickling throats, asthma, bronchitis and emphysema. And crops could also suffer, because ground-level ozone pollution is likely to increase in the U.S...
From the cove to the globe
Hidden cameras, undercover reconnaissance, international travel — the folks at the Boulder-based Oceanic Preservation Society are at it again, following up their 2010 Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove with more high-risk, covert campaigns, stunning ...
Bike share pedals into Boulder
A city that has more than 300 miles of bikeways is a cyclist’s dream. Now the bike-friendly city of Boulder has decided to create a bike-share program that gets people out of their cars and on the seat of a bike. According to Marni Ratzel, bicycle/ pedestrian ...
Discarded, but not broken-arted
Behind a blank facade in one of North Boulder’s industrial strip malls is a room vibrant with color, conversations and the noise of artisans turning out small, quirky masterpieces of recycled goodness. This is Sweetbird Studio, creative home of a Hygiene ...
Lingering problems from a banned pesticide
Women exposed before birth to the banned pesticide DDT may have a greater risk of developing high blood pressure later in life, according to a study published March 12...
Forest Service says when trees die, people die
Colorado foresters know that Colorado’s forests are changing. And over the past two decades, the change has been significant. Colorado’s forests have seen unprecedented mortality, driven by poor resiliency to insects and diseases, according to Joseph Duda, interim ...
