Boulderganic

Former NIST director and notable physicist Katharine Gebbie dies at 84

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Dr. Katharine Blodgett Gebbie, former director of the Physics Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and mentor to four Nobel...

Wildfire prevention or forest destruction?

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Drive along Highway 119 south of Nederland or Highway 9 south of Frisco and you’ll see large swaths of bare soil and scattered slash — including entire hillsides — where once there was forest. These aren’t future subdivisions, but the Arapaho and White River National...

eco-briefs

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RESEARCHERS TAKE A STEP FORWARD IN THE QUEST TO CREATE A USABLE, HIGH ENERGY BIO-FUEL...

eco-briefs | Week of Feb. 27

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FIRST REACTORS TO BE BUILT IN 30 YEARS MAY BE AMONG THE NATION’S LAST...

House votes for increased oversight in energy loans

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The Republican-led House of Representatives passed the ‘No More Solyndras’ Act in a 245-161 vote Sept. 14. The act requires...

The TV weathercasters who are shifting public opinion on the climate...

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This story originally appeared in The Guardian. It is republished here as part of Boulder Weekly’s partnership with Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration...

20 years behind Europe

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The increasing demands for clean energy, along with concerns over waste management, decreasing land space, the environmental impact of pathogens and the growing use of compost have sparked interest in the application of anaerobic digestion (AD...

eco-briefs

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USING CAPTIVE BREEDING TO ENSURE FAMOUS DARWIN FINCH DOESN’T GO EXTINCT...

Is water Colorado’s earthship-limiting factor?

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Earthships aiming to land in Colorado pour on a slew of questions about rights to the rain. Permaculture-minded and rather postmodern, the gridfree homes are designed to catch rainwater for consumptive, gray water and black water use. But in most parts of the state, ...

eco-briefs

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MICROBES MAKE MEDICATION FROM WASTEWATER...

Envelope, please

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Fueled by federal grant dollars and powered by a team of advisors, the EnergySmart program is proving catalytic in the way it helps people take action after receiving an energy audit...