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Eco-briefs | Appeal of BLM drilling projects in Wyoming advances in...

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An administrative judge at the Interior Board of Land Appeals in Wyoming has ruled against a Bureau of Land Management request to dismiss an appeal filed by the Wyoming Wildlife Federation and the National Wildlife Federation. The two conservation groups have ...

Building change through changing buildings

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On Jan. 26, 2001 the ground of Gujarat, India shook for more than 2 minutes. The earthquake killed between 13,000 and 20,000 people, injured...

Boulder by the sea

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Despite being an entirely landlocked state, Colorado is home to the sixth largest population of certified scuba divers in the U.S. This may be...

Powering Puerto Rico with solar microgrids

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During the weeks following Hurricane Maria, the category 4 storm that wiped out Puerto Rico’s electrical grid, dozens of messages flooded the email server...

Meet the recycling queen

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Marjie Griek came to Colorado for the first time when she was 15 years old. It was the ’70s, and the recycling movement in...

Eco-briefs | Road-tripping to raise awareness for wild lands

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ROAD-TRIPPING TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR WILD LANDS...

Spreading the good word of sustainability

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Stewardship of the Earth is a religious tenet of almost every faith. In Christianity, mankind was given care of the Garden of Eden to...

Fracking’s future is in doubt as oil price plummets

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There’s no doubt that U.S.-based fracking — the process through which oil and gas deposits are blasted from shale deposits deep underground — has caused a revolution in worldwide energy supplies...

Eco-briefs | Groundwater contaminated after fracking fluid leak in Canada

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An investigation into a fracking fluid leak near Calgary, in Canada, has confirmed groundwater contamination. On Sept. 22, 2011, Crew Energy Inc. workers “inadvertently perforated above the base of groundwater protection” and proceeded with hydraulic fracturing ...

Organic plus: Biodynamic agriculture is on the rise

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Chef and farmer Eric Skokan of Black Cat Farm Table Bistro was shoveling out the duck house several years ago when he had an...

Hydroponic systems and seed loopholes

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Between Oct. 31 and Nov. 2, the 15 members of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) will meet with...

Homegrown and recycled

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There`s something special about innovative products made of recycled materials that are created by people challenged to turn their eco-convictions into a business. Especially when those products are Colorado-produced goods, because that kind of industry supports...