Boulderganic
How to save the economy and climate together
The warnings are stark. With the COVID-19 crisis wreaking global havoc and the overheating atmosphere threatening far worse in the long...
Pro tips on physical distancing from the nonhuman world
Humans are a social species, and physical interaction keeps us healthy. Or, as the late Bill Withers wrote, “The city really...
Guess what: It’s no longer ‘appropriate or necessary’ to regulate mercury...
On April 16, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ruled that it was no longer “appropriate and necessary” to regulate coal-fired power plants...
In conversation with PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk
Animals are intelligent, aware and empathetic — far more than we as humans understand. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)...
Nature bats last
The coronavirus pandemic has made humans think a lot about animals. Take, for instance, the deluge of foster home applications that...
Social distancing seen from space
It’s Monday around noon, and from space Boulder appears eerily quiet. The red brick of Pearl Street Mall is clearly visible,...
Stop and smell the roses
It’s springtime in Colorado, and as the trees, flowers and other plants around us leaf and bloom, will we take notice?...
Hard out here for a pup
Where animal shelters are concerned, the news from cities hardest hit by COVID-19 was bleak: “More dogs in shelters will be...
The ignorance of mainstream media
While climate change coverage in mainstream broadcast news has grown in recent years, people of color, women and even scientists are...
Hurdles of hemp plastic
The current demand for eco-solutions to modern waste issues has generated a swell of green business opportunities.
Companies...
Climate research struggles to find funding
With the crisis of global heating now widely recognized as one of the most challenging issues facing the world today, you...
Plastic roads?
At the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) campus, there is a 250-foot stretch of road that’s unlike any other in...
