Archive for the ‘News’ Category

• Clean line of products from Martha Stewart

  Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

  Martha Stewart is coming clean, and she wants other housekeepers to do the same.

• Do your part: Green travel

  Monday, January 25th, 2010

  Planning a getaway? Now is a good time to lock in the dates and destination for any travel plans this year. But planning a vacation is not the time to forget how to lessen your impact on our planet. Deciding where to go, where to stay, how to get there, and what to bring all provide opportunities to make smarter choices.

• Coloradans are smoking less but eating more and it’s showing

  Monday, January 25th, 2010

  DENVER – Coloradans are like most Americans in that they have been smoking less over the last 15 years, which has resulted in longer life expectancy and improved quality of life. But a study recently published in the “New England Journal of Medicine” warns that those benefits could be wiped out by the growing obesity rate. Smoking rates are down 20 percent but obesity rates are up 48 percent – offsetting health gains made by reducing tobacco use.

• Can the Eastern U.S. get a fifth of its power from wind by 2024?

  Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

  LOS ANGELES — Major upgrades to the transmission infrastructure and a sizable chunk of cash from private investors and the government are necessary for the Midwest and East Coast to move to 20 percent wind power by 2024, according to a new study from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

• 2009 BOULDER GREEN LEADER AWARDS ANNOUNCED

  Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

  The Boulder Green Building Guild (BGBG), a building trade organization focused on advancing the craft of sustainable building in Boulder County, has announced the 2009 Awards for the local green building community. The 500-plus-member organization awards local leaders who have shown exemplary performance in the field.

• EPA proposes major smog cleanup to protect health

  Friday, January 8th, 2010

  WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed tougher controls on smog, a move that’s expected to make a lasting improvement in the quality of the air Americans breathe. The most common form of air pollution, smog is another name for ground-level ozone, which is created by chemical reactions between oxides of nitrogen and [...]

• Forest Service looks to preserve HD Mountains

  Monday, January 4th, 2010

  DENVER – The future of some of southwestern Colorado’s most rugged terrain will be decided in the new year. On Dec. 30, attorneys for oil and gas developers, conservation groups and federal agencies met in a Denver courtroom to continue a tug-of-war over whether to allow about 140 gas wells to be drilled in the HD Mountains east of Durango.

• So long, farewell b.side Lounge

  Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

  There’s been an ongoing theme this month of local businesses shutting down – first, Boulder-fixture Bart’s CD Cellar, and then Burnt Toast and Sidney’s Café. And b.side Lounge is closing its doors for good on New Year’s Eve.

• 2009: A Big Year for Colorado, U.S. Environment

  Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

  From Colorado News Connection December 30, 2009 by Chris Thomas DENVER – It might have been a terrible year for the nation’s economy, but 2009 was a terrific year for the environment, according to a checklist by the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) that shows plenty of Colorado connections. Adam Kolton, senior director of congressional and [...]

• Another local business closes doors

  Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

  One of Boulder’s oldest coffee shops, Sidney’s Café, is closing on New Year’s Eve, continuing a trend of restaurants and other businesses in downtown Boulder shutting their doors.