Boulderganic

In conversation with PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk

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Animals are intelligent, aware and empathetic — far more than we as humans understand. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) founder and...

‘Everything is connected to everything’

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The work of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at CU Boulder is as varied and interconnected as the earth systems they...

Downsized dairy

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The milk you buy at the local grocery store could be from cows anywhere across the country — that’s the result of decades of...

Refill revolution

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Taking care of our bodies results in an exorbitant amount of trash. Hand soap, lotion, deodorant, body wash, sunscreen, shampoo and conditioner are just...

Scientific mystery: Who is still producing this ozone- destroying chemical?

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On May 16, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Boulder published a study in the scientific journal Nature that points...

CSU research helps remediate Superfund contaminated by mining operations

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Despite its decline in the past 100 years, mining continues to impact communities around Colorado as contaminated effluence from abandoned mines leaches into local...

The future is (hopefully) green

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Once a day for one minute, the automatic irrigation system threaded through Peloton West condominiums’s new succulent wall whirs to life. Plants on the...

A not-so-grand experiment

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With the passage of Senate Bill 19-181 at the Colorado State House this spring, Dana Bove from Front Range Nesting Bald Eagles (FRNBES) was...

Paving the way for electric vehicles in Boulder, and across the...

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Public opinion polls tend to show Americans overwhelmingly think electric vehicles (EVs) are better for the environment. A new study, led by the U.K....

Powering Puerto Rico with solar microgrids

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During the weeks following Hurricane Maria, the category 4 storm that wiped out Puerto Rico’s electrical grid, dozens of messages flooded the email server...

Road Salt Is Imperiling Aquatic Ecosystems. It Doesn’t Have To.

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During this unusually snowy year, the rumble of snowplows and salt trucks has become a familiar — and comforting — winter soundtrack across the...

Rainbow trout making big comeback in Colorado

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There was a time when Colorado’s lakes and streams were full of big, splashy rainbow trout that would eagerly rise to an angler’s lure and put up quite a tussle, breaching the water in a shimmer of green, red and gold...