Boulderganic
Bill Aims to Strengthen Colorado’s Climate Plan
On Feb. 10, 2016, the Colorado House of Representatives narrowly passed a bill aimed at strengthening the state’s climate plan. Unveiled in September 2015,...
BPA in canned foods; Zika in U.S.
BPA found in linings of canned foods
A new report released March 30 finds Bisphenol A (BPA) in the linings of two-thirds of America’s canned...
Opening doors
There’s a new set of doors cut into the side of the Eco-Cycle warehouse in Boulder, the region’s most comprehensive center for hard-to-recycle materials....
Between art and destruction
In 2010, the Fourmile Canyon fire raged through Boulder County, leaving more than 160 destroyed homes and almost 6,200 charred acres in its wake....
One millimeter at a time
Through a window in the Arts Longmont Gallery sits a garden. Lush with a variety of plants, the space is bright and full of...
NPR’s ‘Going There’ covers Colorado’s water issue
In the digital age, journalism can get lazy. With internet sources and phone interviews, Skype and file-sharing, investigating a story can be done from...
Fracking’s future is in doubt as oil price plummets
There’s no doubt that U.S.-based fracking — the process through which oil and gas deposits are blasted from shale deposits deep underground — has caused a revolution in worldwide energy supplies...
Changing the conversation
Kendra Tupper is out to change the conversation around sustainability. Recently hired as the first Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) for the City of Boulder,...
Passing of a giant
South 88th Street in Louisville is no different than the other roads veining through Boulder County.
There’s a fenced-in prairie stretching to the east. To...
Climate scientists say effects of global warming are more urgent than...
Climate change threatens to become “severe, pervasive and irreversible,” according to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC...
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...
Old King Coal is sick — but not yet dying
A global investigation into every coal-fired power plant proposed in the last five years shows that only one in three of them has actually been built...
