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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...
CU prof: Don’t buy the promise of nuclear energy
A retired University of Colorado mechanical engineering professor is challenging a new documentary that espouses the virtues of nuclear power...
Local nonprofit provides clean water in Malawi
Sitting in class, studying for a bachelors’ degree in business at the University of Kansas, Heidi Rickels felt her heart beating faster every time...
Downsized dairy
The milk you buy at the local grocery store could be from cows anywhere across the country — that’s the result of decades of...
More harm than good with climate geo-engineering
Geo-engineering — the untested technofix that would permit the continued use of fossil fuels — could create more problems than it would solve.
By masking...
Former NIST director and notable physicist Katharine Gebbie dies at 84
Dr. Katharine Blodgett Gebbie, former director of the Physics Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and mentor to four Nobel...
Keeping recycling in the family
After he retired from masonry construction in 1989, Robert Barlow decided he’d use his free time for a little business, buying and selling cans and other discarded aluminum. The modest Boulder business soon expanded to cover other kinds of metals, but it has the...
4-H: It’s not just for farm kids anymore
Although most of my life was spent in a California valley where the term “agribusiness” was coined, I didn’t live on a farm and I assumed that the 4-H organization was only for kids who did...
An ambitious agreement would benefit Colorado
Paris, France — The Paris Climate Conference began with hope and excitement as heads of state flew in to deliver strong messages on their countries’ commitments to take urgent action to address climate change. However, the first week of negotiations has led to a ...
