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Bill McKibben leads divestment campaign to Boulder
Three figures were all author and environmental activist Bill McKibben needed to fuel his national roadshow. Do the Math, put together by McKibben, president and co-founder of 350.org, will follow up on McKibben’s breakthrough Rolling Stone article “Global Warming’s ...
Emissions threaten age of uncertainty for carbon dating
Climate change driven by increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide will not just damage the health of the planet. A UK scientist now warns that it will also make life increasingly difficult for archaeologists, forensic scientists, art experts, fraud and forgery...
Eco-briefs | Greenland´s ice cores may map future warming
A study released by a team of international scientists indicates that Greenland’s ice core layers, which date back 100,000 years, may shed light on the future of global warming...
Jumping the power lines
Forget the grid. For the developing world, forget the power lines and the coal-fired electricity they deliver. In developing countries, renewable energy sources are the answer to getting people online, powering up their cell phones and running computer labs in ...
Boulder County Girl Scouts greening the globe
As a Junior Girl Scout, my troop’s walk to a manicured suburban park was called a “hike.” We were taught how to bake cookies from packaged mixes and what to do for someone who’d fainted. And, of course, we sold those famous boxes of cookies mass-produced elsewhere...
New Colorado wilderness held hostage in partisan congressional gridlock
After the budget battles of the last few years, it’s clear that Congress is fiscally dysfunctional, but our elected lawmakers also face challenges in other areas — including finding the political will to support public land preservation bills that have local ...
Eco-briefs | Week of September 26, 2013
Sage grouse under Endangered Species Act review...
Wildfires put the heat on Congress to fund fire suppression
With catastrophic wildfires blazing across the nation, Congress is pressured to address the runaway growth of fire suppression at the cost of other critical programs...
Green cycling
Diet and exercise are staples of a healthy lifestyle. So naturally, cycling to provide fresh fruits and vegetables to school age children makes sense. On Oct. 19-22, 50 riders from the natural foods industry will participate in the second annual Tour de Fresh and ...
Eco-briefs | Fuel scandal sends Texas man to prison
Jeffrey David Gunselman of Texas has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after admitting to defrauding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by acting as a business owner of a bio-diesel fuel production company in order to generate renewable fuel credits...
Climate data gives mixed message on storm forecasts
Keep calm and hold on to your hat. The atmosphere will not become increasingly stormy as the planet warms and the climate changes...