Colorado’s Air Quality Regulators Adopt New Vehicle Emission Standards
DENVER, CO — Today, Colorado’s Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) voted unanimously to adopt the Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) Program standards for cars and trucks. Vehicle emissions are among the...
View ArticleBallot Measures 2018
Ballot Measures 2018 Learn What's At Stake on Your Ballot 7 ✅ Amendments Y and Z – YES Congressional and Legislative Redistricting 🆇 Amendment 74 – NO Just Compensation for Reduction in Fair Market...
View ArticleAmendment 74: A Hidden Agenda to Strangle Local Government
This November, our ballots will be full of measures for voters to weigh in on. One of these – Amendment 74 – is an attempt by special interests to turn local decision making on its head. Amendment 74...
View ArticleA Thru-Hiker’s Story of Why We Need Conservation
A Thru-Hiker's Story of Why We Need Conservation By Jenny Gaeng 7 I was twenty-six years old and standing – just barely – in New Mexico. My backpack was already digging into my shoulders. My feet,...
View ArticleColorado Becomes the First Interior State to Pursue Advanced Clean Car Standards
As the Trump administration rolls back federal standards, Colorado takes another step in the effort to clean up our air. DATE: June 19, 2018 Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper today announced an...
View ArticleColorado’s Clean Future
Colorado’s Clean Future How Renewable Energy Is Getting a Boost Take Action Now! 7 Pueblo, Colorado Pueblo, Colorado, is in many ways a vision of times past. The steel mill that the city was built...
View ArticleProof that oil and gas money has a stranglehold on Colorado’s state capitol
Colorado oil and gas lobbyists and money keep Senate Republicans in their pocket In 2017, during Colorado’s legislative session, a deadly explosion killed two people in Firestone, CO. The explosion was...
View ArticleEnvironmental Groups Applaud House Committee Passage of Bill to Put Public...
Contact: Jace Woodrum, 720-412-3772 Date: February 1, 2018 Environmental Groups Applaud House Committee Passage of Bill to Put Public Safety Above Oil and Gas Profits Today, the House advanced...
View ArticleWhy Colorado’s Legislative Session Matters for Conservation
January 10, 2018 marks the start of Colorado’s legislative session. And for the next four months, we’ll need to work together to determine our path forward to protect our air, water, public lands, and...
View ArticleOur Biggest Wins in 2017
There’s no tiptoeing around it: 2017 was a tough year. From natural disasters to political fiascos, this year has been marked by tough news and divisiveness. The People’s Climate March in Denver. But...
View ArticleEnvironmental Groups Applaud House Committee Passage of Bill to Put Public...
Contact: Jace Woodrum, 720-412-3772 Date: February 1, 2018 Environmental Groups Applaud House Committee Passage of Bill to Put Public Safety Above Oil and Gas Profits Today, the House advanced...
View ArticleWhy Colorado’s Legislative Session Matters for Conservation
January 10, 2018 marks the start of Colorado’s legislative session. And for the next four months, we’ll need to work together to determine our path forward to protect our air, water, public lands, and...
View ArticleOur Biggest Wins in 2017
There’s no tiptoeing around it: 2017 was a tough year. From natural disasters to political fiascos, this year has been marked by tough news and divisiveness. The People’s Climate March in Denver. But...
View ArticleThe Data is In: Renewable Energy Is Cheaper Than Coal in Colorado
Renewable energy provides tremendous benefits to Colorado. Wind and solar employ more than 15,000 Coloradans and bring needed dollars to rural areas. So far, construction and operation of wind power...
View ArticleTrump’s Dirty Energy Agenda Comes to a Colorado Forest
Expanding one coal mine would emit enough methane to undo half of Colorado’s work to prevent methane pollution. A year ago, we reported on the West Elk Coal Mine, a highly contested mine in Colorado’s...
View ArticleOur Seven Wins for the Environment During the 2017 Colorado Legislative Session
Every year in Colorado, 100 legislators buckle down for five months of proposing, hearing, amending, discussing, killing, and passing bills. This year’s legislative session had several great,...
View ArticleA Look at Five Recent Oil and Gas Disasters in Colorado
The recent home explosion in Firestone is a wake-up call Update 5/2/17 3pm: The Denver Post has reported that the fatal Firestone home explosion was the result of a cut supply line running from the...
View ArticleWhy Trump’s Executive Order on Climate Won’t Stop Colorado’s Progress
President Trump recently signed an executive order to roll back the Clean Power Plan, along with a host of other Obama-era policies designed to protect our health and environment from climate change....
View ArticleNine Things We’re Fighting For This Legislative Session
While news coming from Washington, D.C. is almost always dire for the environment, in Colorado it’s much more hopeful. So far this year in Colorado’s Capitol, it’s been an exciting legislative session...
View ArticleWhy This Commonsense Oil and Gas Bill Is Good For Colorado’s Children
There’s nothing more important than keeping our children safe and healthy, especially when they’re at school. That’s why we encourage kids to get exercise and play outside during recess; why the...
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