Boulderganic

Filling the gap

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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...

From the cove to the globe

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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 ...

Climate’s threat to wheat is rising by degrees

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Climate change threatens dramatic fluctuations in the price of wheat and potential civil unrest because yields of one of the world’s most important staple foods are badly affected by temperature rise...

Initiatives lose battle, but Colorado water war rages on

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If two water initiatives die before they have a chance to reach the ballot in November, do they make a sound? If they did, the sound you might hear is the collective sigh of relief from the Colorado oil and gas industry, the agricultural industry and other opponents ...

A hidden province of volcanoes in West Antarctica may accelerate sea...

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Hundreds of volcanoes could be hiding beneath almost 2,000 meters of solid Antarctic ice, an area twice the size of Texas, according to data...

BIFF 2013: Buying some time for a climate change movement

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Tim DeChristopher was a 27-year-old University of Utah economics student who’d spent five years teaching at-risk kids and was just beginning to get involved in activism around climate change when he found himself at a Bureau of Land Management land sale bidding on $1...

Attorney: Draft air quality regulations a mixed bag

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Matt Sura, an attorney representing the groups Weld Air and Water and Grand Valley Citizens Alliance, says he views the proposed air quality rules announced by Gov. John Hickenlooper last week as a vast improvement over an earlier draft, although more needs to be ...

Conservation unites

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Amid recent turmoil in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) — the contested relocation of its headquarters from Washington, D.C. to Grand Junction; widespread...

Envelope, please

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Fueled by federal grant dollars and powered by a team of advisors, the EnergySmart program is proving catalytic in the way it helps people take action after receiving an energy audit...

Recycling the hard-to-recycle

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Whether you have a recyclables pick-up service or you use a collection center, there are probably still times when you wonder, “Where do I recycle this?” Like that box of old paint cans, or out-of-date textbooks that not even thrift Charmaine Ortega Getz shops ...

eco-briefs

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Famed actors try to shed light on plight of Colorado River...

Pollination and pollution

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High temps interfere with pollination Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem looked into the effect temperature has on floral smells, a method flowers use...