The Supreme Court ruled to limit the EPA's authority over setting greenhouse gas emissions late last month. KGNU's Alexis Kenyon spoke with Kate Merlin, an environmental lawyer for Colorado's WildEarth Guardians, about what this decision means for Colorado's fossil fuel industry and the state's effort to regulate it. Listen: (Download […]
Emergency Responders in the Front Range have been recruiting and training volunteers to build local capacity to fight wildfires. KGNU's Rossana Longo-Better spoke with Fritz Koch, firefighter training captain at Boulder Rural Fire and chair of the Boulder County Cooperators about preparing - not only the forest but also our […]
Around half of the states in the country have - or are expected to - restrict access to saf and legal abortions in the wake of the US Supreme Court decision to overrule the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. Colorado has emerged as a state poised to be a haven […]
Shampoo bowls at Zinke Hair Salon in Boulder, Colorado. | Credit: Frani Halperin/H2O Media, Ltd. One of the latest trends in the beauty industry is to keep the large volume of waste that salons generate out of landfills. Looking good now means being sustainable. A handful of companies are collecting […]
As you know, on the first Friday of every month here at KGNU, we play the Nature Almanac, which features local naturalists looking for what's happening in the natural world. Today, we have a special treat for you, a "bonus" Nature Almanac, about a beautiful and uncommon relative of the […]