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.

The state of Colorado has filed a complaint against the ConocoPhillips Company alleging that ConocoPhillips has profited from the state’s fund for pollution cleanup at service stations by taking $70 million in state funds for clean-ups its insurance company later reimbursed it for.

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by Blair Madole CU’s INVST program and Un Mundo are hosting an eco-friendly, sustainable clothing fashion show at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 4 at the Absinthe House.   The proceeds from this event will help students in the INVST community studies program travel to Managua, Nicaragua, this summer to learn about the effects of economic globalization. Proceeds [...]

by Blair Madole Shelby’s Happy Chapped Chicken Butt Farm is an Animal Welfare Approved farm based in Broomfield that produces chicken eggs. Though the name certainly raises eyebrows, the more intriguing aspect of the farm is its founder, 12-year-old Shelby Grebenc of Rocky Top Middle School. Shelby began her education about chickens when she was six, performing basic [...]

Sometimes we need the most literal of images to open our eyes. So it is with Kim Abeles’ art — she creates art with smog so viewers can see the dirty tracks of the way we live in clear outlines. She has enlarged often-overlooked lichen and given them eyes.

by Blair Madole Potholes may seem like a small problem, but if you have ever happened upon one with a cup of hot coffee in hand or a pair of minimally-supportive shoes strapped on your feet, you understand the dangers that surround them. Pete Dungey, a self-described “guerrilla gardener” in London, spends his time decorating the [...]

CU engineers install renewable energy systems in Haiti by Elizabeth Miller Forget the grid. For the developing world, forget the power lines and the coal-fired electricity they deliver. In developing countries, renewable energy sources are their the answer to getting people online, powering up their cell phones and running computer labs in schools. The University [...]

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.

by Jessie Lucier Babies cry. And some babies cry a lot. Almost all new parents experience a few weeks to a few months of sleepless nights, mounting anxiety and possibly some hair loss due to their infant child’s newly formed vocal cords working at full blast. Some call this colic (properly defined as at least [...]