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This book draws from multiple disciplinary perspectives to present an overview of the knowledge related to our current understanding of climate change politics and culture. The book illustrates the translation of values into political outcomes through the use, production and consumption of information. Focusing on cultural values and norms as...

Mollie Putzig, a master's student in the Department of Journalism, recently published an article in BoulderWeekly that explores the loss of water from the Colorado River and recent efforts to restore some of the river's flow.

Jonny Waldman won the 2016 Colorado Book Award in the general nonfiction category for his book Rust: The Longest War. In 2010, the Ted Scripps Fellowship at CU-Boulder’s Center for Environmental Journalism (CEJ) gave Waldman an opportunity to develop his idea further.

I visited Svalbard, an island chain in the Arctic Ocean, to take part in a pilot climate change journalism course organized by American and Norwegian professors in September 2015.

Associate Director Michael Kodas offers up a glimpse of his life, and his work, with the University of Colorado. From the ski slopes of the Rockies to the classroom, Kodas discusses what it means to be an environmental journalist and underlines the value of getting out into the field.

Homer and Halliburton might be strange bedfellows, but there’s one thing the bard of the ancient world and the multinational drilling giant have in common: both explore the mysterious world beneath our feet. Patty Limerick, director of the Center of the American West, stopped by the CEJ on Thursday, September...

Our Ted Scripps fellows spent last week in New Orleans, Louisiana, for the 24th annual Society of Environmental Journalists conference. The conference explored themes of risk and resiliency in the state that was battered by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and hit with the BP oil spill in 2010. In addition...

It's called the Red Gold Rush. After Brazil declared a moratorium on logging big-leaf mahogany in 2001, Peru emerged to fill the gap as one of the world's largest suppliers. But the rush depleted many of Peru's watersheds, forcing illegal loggers to turn their attention to Indian lands, national parks,...

From the Stonemasters to the Stone Monkeys, Yosemite Valley has a storied history when it comes to rock climbing. Greats like Yvon Choiunard, Royal Robbins, and Peter Croft once clung to the granite walls of the Valley, with outlaw climbers like Dan Osman carving out a special spot in history...

Five journalists have been named Ted Scripps Fellows in Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado Boulder, where they will explore topics ranging from small-scale farming to the social ramifications of the oil and gas industry. The nine-month fellowships offer experienced journalists an opportunity to deepen their understanding of environmental...