Boulderganic

Paving a contaminated parkway

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When remediation efforts reached the eastern edge of the former site of Rocky Flats, called the Wind Blown Area Exposure Unit, the Environmental Protection Agency determined that while contaminants of concern were found at the site, the levels were low enough that ...

What’s up with microgrids?

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Dr. Peter Lilienthal has been in the renewables business a long time. In 1979 he started selling wind turbines from “the first small wind...

Energy-efficiency means grid- independence for Boulder couple

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When the Fourmile Canyon fire destroyed David and Emily Takahashi’s home in 2010, they had no idea that they were starting down a long...

Breakthrough in magnesium processing could revolutionize the auto industry

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Engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a more efficient spin on an old method of processing magnesium, and it could have...

Does our state constitution protect the environment?

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In 2014, there was an effort in Colorado to cement the public’s right to clean air, water and environment in the state constitution. Citing...

Season of hail

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It’s that time of year again. The time when thunderstorms and fast-moving currents of warm air collide over the Front Range, lofting water high...

Hitting on all cylinders

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"But aren’t all farms solar?,” Lynne Wesenberg asked herself as she and her husband, Dave Dell, drove by a sign for a solar farm...

Unwelcome visitors: Invasive fish species spell trouble for Colorado waterways

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The next time you consider ways of getting rid of a pet fish, dead or alive, know that dumping it into the nearest lake or flushing it down the toilet are not valid options...

Americans want more renewable energy. Can ‘community choice’ help them get...

 Editor’s note: A bill to study community choice energy (or aggregation) at the Public Utilities Commission, sponsored by Rep. Edie Hooten from Boulder, is...

Citizen-science symbiosis

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Butterfly Pavilion continues expanding community science programs

Eyes on the mitigation prize

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Boulder County has three extra pairs of eyes helping detect fire.  The eyes, cameras built by Pano AI, use geo satellite data and field sensors...

Running up for air

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On Wednesday, March 6, a cloud of brown haze descended upon Denver. “Highly elevated pollution levels will continue for large sections of the northern...