http://objects-us-east-1.dream.io/kgnu-news/2014/KendraHempStory.mp3 In addition to marijuana, hemp is now legal in Colorado….But as Colorado is the first state in the country to have this new industry, many questions still remain. KGNU's Kendra Krueger went along to an information evening at the Boulder Public Library to get some questions answered.
Spense Havlick former city council member and CU professor talks with Joe Juhasz about the relationships between CU and The City of Boulder. http://aa.kgnu.net/forcedownload.php?mp3file=APublicAffair/2014/APublicAffair_2014-03-26.mp3
The Boulder Tattoo Project began last Spring as a living artwork, which celebrates community and love of Boulder. As the name suggests, it’s a tattoo, or rather multiple tattoos… Over 200 participants got tattoos of words and phrases from a love poem to Boulder. It began when local tattoo shop owner, […]
Yesterday marked the official start of the 2014 flood season and this week the city of Boulder launched its annual flood awareness information campaign which focuses on awareness, personal preparedness and recovery. In the wake of the floods of September 2013– the city is urging the message of personal awareness […]
-by Maeve Conran. On Friday February 21st, a coalition of groups calling itself Local Control Colorado submitted language to the Colorado Legislative Services for a constitutional amendment to give local communities in Colorado control over whether to allow fracking in their communities. KGNU's Maeve Conran spoke with Kaye Fissinger of Local Control […]
Flaming water faucets were infamously exposed in the documentaries Gasland and Gasland 2. The water isn’t catching fire–methane in the water is. People are deeply concerned that methane, dredged from kilometers down, is leaking into our drinking water supplies through poorly constructed and maintained oil and gas wells, but methane can be […]
As March Madness heats up, consider that most of the cherished real-life basketball team mascots are at risk. A new report from the National Wildlife Federation details how these species are really struggling to adapt to current environmental conditions – air pollution, waterways filled with mercury, rising sea levels and droughts. For example, in […]