Boulderganic
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 ...
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...
How the coronavirus is reshaping the recycling industry
The sky is clearer these days, as mountain views come into full focus. Air traffic has dropped significantly, production of some industries has ceased...
The new bison deal
The City of Denver has maintained two herds of genetically pure bison, descendant from the last wild bison in North America, in Genesee and...
The dirtiest way to get clean
Who knows how it started? Maybe a young Roman soiled himself in his sleep and awoke to find that the previous night’s wine stains had miraculously disappeared from the midsection of his toga. Either way, it was the beginning of dry cleaning, and it came from a dirty ...
A new place for old waste
After 15 years of planning and three years of compiling surplus furniture from other county offices, the new Boulder County Hazardous Materials Management Facility opened on April 20...
The future of wind energy in question
Each year that the wind Production Tax Credit has been allowed to expire, the wind energy industry has seen major declines. This year, wind energy faces that possibility for a fourth time in the credit’s 20-year life span...
Local forests under fire
A slew of so-called “wildfire risk reduction” logging projects are proposed for tens of millions of acres of public forests across the Western U.S. —...
A drop in the bucket
Becoming more energy efficient can be a daunting and even expensive process. But with the increasingly apparent effects of global warming, it is a necessary step forward, and it’s getting easier...
Dam releases dirty energy; CSU continues to study methane
Dam releases dirty energy
The U.S. Department of the Interior released its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) regarding the Glen Canyon Dam, admitting the dam...
The possibility to reverse global warming
With each passing day, global warming seems more like a death sentence for the Earth. Rainforests are shrinking, carbon emissions are rising and many...
