Boulderganic
‘Climate change is a health issue’
When Dr. Jay Lemery gives presentations on climate and health, one of his slides has two pictures with an arrow between them: one with...
Guess what: It’s no longer ‘appropriate or necessary’ to regulate mercury...
On April 16, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ruled that it was no longer “appropriate and necessary” to regulate coal-fired power plants in the...
Geo-engineering can stop global warming, at least in theory
Climate scientists now know that geo-engineering — in principle at least — would halt global warming and keep the world at the temperatures it...
Fishing for sustainable seafood
Step away from the shrimp cocktail and the smoked salmon spread. Even fisheries that sell products stamped with the seal of approval from the Marine Stewardship Council, an international nonprofit that promotes solutions to overfishing and certifies fisheries and ...
ReSource’s new library of tools
How often do you really need, say, a posthole digger, a couple of sawhorses or a masonry drill for a project if you’re not a pro? How much space is being taken up in your garage by equipment you rarely use...
All’s fair in love and war (and industrial agriculture)
In Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes wrote, “Love and war are all one … It is lawful to use sleights and stratagems to … attain the wished end.” Simply put, all is fair in love and war. In America, for more than a decade, a war has been waged on the public’s right to ...
Water is Life
I thought of the footage I’d seen of prayerful people being pepper sprayed and maced in the eyes by armored law enforcement at Standing...
Eco-briefs | Southern Utah land use plan struck down in federal...
SOUTHERN UTAH LAND USE PLAN STRUCK DOWN IN FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT...
Dam releases dirty energy; CSU continues to study methane
Dam releases dirty energy
The U.S. Department of the Interior released its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) regarding the Glen Canyon Dam, admitting the dam...
U.S. ivory laws; Aerial seed bombing
Most ivory sales now illegal in United States
On June 2 President Obama signed a measure introduced by the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that...
Sprayed trespass
A recent decision from a district court in Delta County could affect the view of trespassing, aerial spraying and the restitution available to farmers who lose crops due to drift...
