Boulderganic
Climate change or global warming?
More Americans say the term “global warming” is bad news than take that view when the term “climate change” is used instead, according to a recent study from the Yale Project on Climate Change Communications and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change ...
Genetic change in hatchery fish; new Xenoturbella
Fish hatcheries cause massive genetic changes after a single generation
A study by Oregon State University and the Oregon Department of Fisheries and Wildlife has...
Diesel program cutting emissions, but funding to be slashed
More than 50,000 high-polluting diesel engines have been cleaned up or removed from U.S. roads in a federal program designed to reduce smog and greenhouse gases, according to a new Environmental Protection Agency report to Congress...
Grasshopper invasion?
Grasshoppers. Coming soon to a field, garden or yard near you. Eating everything of plant material, including cotton T-shirts on clothes lines. Or so rumor has it. It came up at my book club meeting, where a couple of members said they heard about it recently on ...
State lawmakers take baby steps to address wildfire threat
With smoke from some of the Colorado's biggest and most destructive wildfires still lingering in the air, a panel of wildlife experts last summer called for communities to meet the growing threat head-on by adopting specific building codes, requiring the removal of ...
Van life
By the time Dave Walsh built out his third van, he had reached a turning point. What had begun as a single backyard project...
Gettin’ down with the farm
It`s high noon at Frog Belly Farm near Longmont, and the interns are busy tending newly born goats, chasing escaped piglets, checking beehives, picking and washing herbs and vegetables — in addition to all the other daily chores, such as milking cows and goats, ...
Bike-sharing program launches in Boulder
A new fleet of bicycles will take to Boulder’s streets on May 20 — shiny, red bikes equipped with baskets and bells — as part of a program designed to make it easier for residents and visitors to make quick trips by bicycle around town...
Scientists warn solvents may impact hormone systems
Four chemicals, present both inside and outside homes might disrupt our endocrine systems at levels considered safe by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to an analysis released on April 15...
With rain barrels legal, what’s next for conservation?
As of last Wednesday, Coloradans can finally legally collect rainwater from their roof. It’s a small victory in the effort to manage water more...
If a tree falls in Boulder County…
This story starts in Asia. The main character is a tiny metallic green insect, known to English ears as the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)....
