Archive for the ‘News’ Category

• Conserving Colorado’s golden goose

  Thursday, April 5th, 2012

  The American Great Outdoors Initiative is a nationwide conservation plan to get more Americans outside, not only to instill in them an appreciation for open and wild places and a desire to protect them, but to create outdoors-related jobs and stimulate tourism. Colorado’s Front Range turns out to be the testing grounds for that new plan.

• Eating your legislation

  Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

  This year’s farm bill has a chance to support local, organic food systems by Clay Fong Federal farm bills are the 400-pound gorilla of American agricultural policy, setting direction for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), if not the entirety of domestic farming. The last one was passed in 2008, and consisted of a [...]

• Green Building Guild starts serving the state

  Friday, March 16th, 2012

  The Boulder Green Building Guild is changing its name and mission. The Guild is now the Colorado Green Building Guild, with a new mission of helping the entire state in its endeavor to go green. Don’t worry though Boulderites, the Guild won’t forget about you. Sharing is caring, right? “The Guild is in a process [...]

• Song of The River

  Friday, February 24th, 2012

  In a sense, photographer Pete McBride has been preparing to make Chasing Water all his life. Raised on a cattle ranch in the Roaring Fork River Valley, he grew up working hay fields irrigated by the snowmelt that carved the Grand Canyon and slaked the thirst of the Southwest.

• Hail pulling a Houdini

  Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

  Small, summertime hail storms in the Colorado Front Range could disappear by 2070, according to a recently published study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

• No environmental regulations in this House

  Thursday, January 12th, 2012

  Though Congress this year may be better known as the session that failed to accomplish anything, a report commissioned by three ranking members of the House shows this year’s collection of Representatives has cast more anti-environment votes than any other in history. The total averages out to one anti-environmental vote for every day in session in 2011. The votes were split by party, with 94 percent of Republicans voting anti-environment and 86 percent of Democrats voting pro-environment.

• Anti-GMO crowd reacts to decision

  Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

  Activists opposed to genetically engineered foods are not singing the same tune when it comes to reaction to the Boulder County commissioners’ Dec. 20 decision to allow additional genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on taxpayer-funded open space.

• Contesting the rules of roadlessness

  Thursday, December 15th, 2011

  Six years ago, in the interest of protecting Colorado’s pristine wilderness areas while the national roadless area rule was being contested in court, the state began development of a roadless rule. Two drafts and 200,000 public comments later, local conservation organizations are now looking to scrap that rule and go back to the national roadless rule.

• Raining on the animal parade

  Thursday, November 17th, 2011

  Half of the mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles living in Colorado’s mountains are at risk of becoming extinct over the next century, according to a recent paper co-authored by a University of Colorado professor.

• Repurpose Compostables launches compostable hot beverage cup

  Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

  Repurpose Compostables announces the debut of One Cup, a biodegradable insulated cup made from renewable resources.