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Growing resistance
The World Health Organization statement on the matter reads like the setup to a sci-fi horror film — a once hypothetical problem has now become a major threat to public health. And no, we’re not talking about Ebola flying home on airplanes. We’re talking about the ...
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 ...
Round-the-clock solar power arrives
Solar power’s greatest drawback has always been that it is intermittent and, even in the sunniest climates, peak electricity demand is frequently in the evening when the sun is going down...
eco-briefs | Week of Feb. 27
FIRST REACTORS TO BE BUILT IN 30 YEARS MAY BE AMONG THE NATION’S LAST...
Shop local services
This year, you could give gifts. Or, you could give the gift of a stronger local economy, more jobs, more money for local charities and more tax dollars for infrastructure by buying services instead of goods. Spa treatments, haircuts, house cleaning, massages and ...
An ocean to learn from
Journalist and ocean organizer David Helvarg is attending this month’s Colorado Ocean Coalition Blue Drinks to talk about his new book, The Golden Shore. On its surface, Helvarg’s latest book offers a lengthy history of California and Californians’ relationship to ...
Eco-briefs | Colorado Bioneers turns 10
Bioneers, a gathering of environmental visionaries who offer practical solutions to the most pressing environmental and social issues of our time, will celebrate its 10th year as a Colorado satellite forum Nov. 9-11 at the University of Colorado Boulder campus...
The great age divide in environmentalism
Research has shown that younger generations, specifically Millennials — those born after 1980 — are more supportive of environmental legislation, if only by a small margin. A 2012 Pew Research Center study found that 57 percent of Millennials supported more ...
