Boulderganic
The full reach of addiction
Humankind’s relationship with psychoactive substances can be traced back thousands of years to religious trances induced by specific plants and fungai. But some substances are more addictive than others, and opium, caffeine and nicotine have become commonplace, in ...
Americans want more renewable energy. Can ‘community choice’ help them get...
Editor’s note: A bill to study community choice energy (or aggregation) at the Public Utilities Commission, sponsored by Rep. Edie Hooten from Boulder, is...
The weaker sex?
We can, thankfully, remove one threat to the future existence of the human male from our worry list: The male Y chromosome, after dwindling from its original robust size over millions of years, apparently has halted its disappearing act...
House votes for increased oversight in energy loans
The Republican-led House of Representatives passed the ‘No More Solyndras’ Act in a 245-161 vote Sept. 14. The act requires...
Easter chicks for Earth Day
If Bo and Nancy DeAngelo’s kids are hunting for eggs this weekend, it won’t be the first time this week they’ve gone to the yard looking for eggs. And the ones they’ll return with won’t be hard-boiled and dyed. They’ll be freshly laid and ready to be made into ...
Old King Coal is sick — but not yet dying
A global investigation into every coal-fired power plant proposed in the last five years shows that only one in three of them has actually been built...
A healthy shade of green
The “greenbelt” of Boulder County has long protected the foothills from urban sprawl and provided a natural open buffer between places like Niwot, Longmont...
Most U.S. wildfires started by humans
Humans have more than doubled the wildfire season in the U.S. People — rather than natural causes — were responsible for 84 percent of...
Eco-briefs | Xcel Energy: Turn dead trees into a power source
XCEL ENERGY: TURN DEAD TREES INTO A POWER SOURCE...
Does our state constitution protect the environment?
In 2014, there was an effort in Colorado to cement the public’s right to clean air, water and environment in the state constitution. Citing...
Eco-briefs | Coffee production could be shaken by climate change
The world’s most consumed coffee species, Arabica, could be pushed to extinction in the wild in 70 years by the hand of climate change, according to a new study...

















