Boulderganic

Getting lost leads to building community

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In April 2003, Pam Gilbert was hiking through the rocky and canyon-laden Andes when she and her Ecuadorian tour guide lost their way. It was sunny, and the steep slopes were sprinkled with thatched-roof huts. Two young boys planting fava beans noticed their plight ...

Clean energy for clean water

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While many residents don’t know what the Boulder Wastewater Treatment Facility is, the plant is taking steps to keep the community safe and energy-efficient...

New NCAR exhibit focuses on solutions

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It’s a warm and breezy summer morning atop the hill at the west end of Table Mesa Drive, hikers set off from a popular...

Eco-briefs | Fuel scandal sends Texas man to prison

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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...

eco-briefs

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STUDY SAYS GLOBAL WARMING WILL CAUSE ONE IN SIX SPECIES TO GO EXTINCT...

Colorado joins other states in phasing out harmful HFCs

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On May 22, Colorado joined a handful of other states that are starting to phase out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in an effort to curb greenhouse...

Amendments to Boulder County’s Land Use Code approved

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On Dec. 13, at a near-empty board meeting at the Boulder County Courthouse, proposed amendments to the County’s Land Use Code got the rubber...

Eco-briefs | Fort Collins bans fracking

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Following in the footsteps of Longmont, the Fort Collins City Council voted to approve an initial ban on hydraulic fracturing within city limits...

Aquaponics sustains edible addictions%uFFFD

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As a word, “aquaponics” was invented sometime in the 1970s, but as a practice it’s been around since ancient times among the Chinese, Aztecs and other cultures. While it may sound like an aquatic exercise class, the only things swimming in this case could be your ...

Celebrating the honored dead

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Elaborately painted sugar skulls rest beside photos, flanked by candles, a cross and flowers — an ofrenda, a memorial to the dead, honoring them...

The possibility to reverse global warming

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With each passing day, global warming seems more like a death sentence for the Earth. Rainforests are shrinking, carbon emissions are rising and many...

Are flame retardants causing toxic couches?

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Flame retardants in U.S. furniture are on the rise, with a new study finding them in nearly all couches tested...