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The other atmospheric aerosols
Increasing particles in the atmosphere may be slightly slowing climate change, according to a study released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. These particles, called aerosols — which have nothing to do with hair spray or spray-on deodorants — ...
Battle cry issued from 180,000 opponents of Pebble Mine
BATTLE CRY ISSUED FROM 180,000 OPPONENTS OF PEBBLE MINE...
Agreement will do more harm than good
Paris, France — The COP21 climate talks in Paris, which began on Nov. 30 and extend through Dec. 12, is the 21st time world leaders have met in an attempt to come to a binding agreement to curb greenhouse gasses. This year’s conference carried an unusual burden of ...
Co-existing with wildlife, part II
Nylon bags of human hair or soap bars hung in trees, scarecrows, motion detectors that turn on lights or create movement, cayenne pepper sprinkled in flower beds, moth balls tossed under plants. Any of these things may work to deter our hungry critter neighbors ...
Eco-internships give career seekers green boost
It’s an old complaint. You can’t get a job without experience, and you can’t get experience without a job. Even in today’s newer green-related industries, teenagers discover this on their first round of job applications, and so do many adults when they try to ...
Unsubstantiated organic health claims
It´s been almost a year since USA Today broke the story of yogurt giant Dannon’s overzealous marketing of its product as a miracle health food. The makers of Activia and DanActive yogurt had to pay a whopping $21 million fine to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC...
Boulder nonprofit educating Africa’s next leaders
A year shy of graduating from Boulder’s Fairview High School, Eric Glustrom went to Uganda in 2002 to make a documentary about the plight of thousands of refugees from surrounding warring nations. He met an orphaned youth about his age, Benson Oliver, whose one ...
ECO BRIEFS | Week of Jan. 30
REMOVING LIONFISH ALLOWS FOR SUCCESSFUL RECOVERY OF NATIVE FISH POPULATIONS...
Eco-briefs | Mars on the mind
NASA has announced that a recent rock sample taken from Mars indicates the planet could have once supported living micro-organisms — just as the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado announced it has crossed another milestone in ...
Driving greener with conventional cars
If you’ve decided that a New Year’s resolution to drive greener just isn’t doable, park that thought. You don’t have to drive a hybrid or even reduce driving to make a difference...