Boulderganic
Big cats in Boulder
It’s easy to forget that there are mountain lions lurking in Boulder’s backyard, in the hills just beyond the city. That is, until there’s...
Calming Congress
Barbeques, baseball and meditation. That’s right. Congressman Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) meditates for 45 minutes a day and says he thinks meditation needs to become the new American pastime. He started a serious practice of meditation and mindfulness in November 2008, six ...
The new DDT
It’s sprayed on crops, schoolyards, parking lots and possibly your yard. The World Health Organization says it probably causes cancer. It’s the world’s most-used herbicide and the active ingredient in Roundup: glyphosate...
Who’s heard of HERS?
Walk onto any car lot and you’ll find every vehicle’s fuel economy rating plastered to its window, just like you’ll see a yellow EnergyGuide tag on every large appliance in any department store. Whether for cars or fridges, these tags showcase simple numbers that ...
Is the new PUC more favorable to renewable energy?
The public hearing of the state Public Utilities Commission (PUC) started promptly at 4 p.m. on a Wednesday evening to a standing-room only crowd....
Light pollution; Fracking regs shut down
Night sky becomes light sky
A new map of the sky reveals that light pollution is so prevalent, most Americans can’t see the Milky...
Boulder going Beta
In the fall of 2009, Boulder combined four divisions — the Planning Department, the Office of Environmental Affairs and the Economic Vitality and Community Sustainability programs — into a new department. Back then, City Manager Jane Brautigam said, “The new ...
eco-briefs
CROWD SOURCING PROGRAM WILL AID BIOLOGISTS IN THE FIGHT TO SAVE THE CALIFORNIA CONDOR...
Climate scientists say effects of global warming are more urgent than...
Climate change threatens to become “severe, pervasive and irreversible,” according to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC...
Pine beetles appear to share Santorum’s views on sex
Quote “To be whole. To be complete. Wildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather than what we are separate from...
Keep it clean: Water needs our help
About 70 percent of Mothership Earth is covered in water, most of which is so saline it is useless for drinking, showering, agriculture and the like. The remaining 30 percent is in constant danger of going from pure to polluted in a heartbeat...
