Boulderganic
Open streets, open minds
City planners across the world are struggling to imagine a new paradigm where city streets are not just avenues for gas-guzzlers, but places where people gather, where community is fostered and where the use of cars is actually minimal...
The inertia of nitrogen pollution
Alpine ecosystems are truly special places: almost as delicate as they are beautiful, as sensitive to change as they are susceptible to it. These...
Biking with a healthy boost
When Jim Turner founded Optibike, a local electric bike manufacturer, he initially geared marketing toward the environmental benefits of swapping a car for a bike — even one powered with electricity. Turner looked to his own experiences and his own life, and ...
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...
Photographer James Balog captures glaciers, before they’re gone
For almost 15 years, James Balog has dedicated his time to photographing glaciers. He’s chronicled major change — common occurrences like miles of retreating...
We’re all gonna die
If you’re keeping track at home, the current administration’s list of budget priorities ranks “the president playing golf” a few small light years ahead...
Climate outlook; The Ogallala Aquifer
Climate outlook projects warm, wet spring likely for much of Colorado and the West
After announcing that February 2016 was “probably” the warmest month globally...
Champions wage war on wasted food
Governments, businesses and citizens’ groups are joining forces to try to put some beef into efforts to cut food loss and waste in a...
The fight for Earth rages on
It started with an image. On Dec. 24, 1968, the astronauts of the first manned mission to orbit the moon — William Anders, Frank...
Curing cancer; Plant diversity decreasing
Cell division research could stop cancer
According to the National Institutes of Health, 1.5 million people in the United States are diagnosed with cancer each...
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 ...
Fueling down
On a snow-covered Friday morning in early December, Stefan Reinold, senior forester for Boulder County Parks and Open Space, makes his way up Boulder...
