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title: "In Boulder Colorado they're dealing with the onslaught of the pine bark beetle"
date: 2012-05-08T13:30:29Z
modified: 2012-05-08T13:30:45Z
permalink: "https://350.org/boulder-colorado-theyre-dealing-onslaught-pine-bark-beetle/"
type: post
status: publish
excerpt: no longer held in check by cold winters and now killing millions of acres of treees
wpid: 29545
author: Bill McKibben
---

no longer held in check by cold winters and now killing millions of acres of treees

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