U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) has been pushing for the SAFE Banking for Act to be enacted before he retires at the end of this session in Congress. The bill, which passed the House seven times prior, was met with resistance from both Democrats and Republicans in the Senate. It passed the House most recently on Apr. 19, 2021.
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Climate Change Threatens the Most Iconic U.S. Landscapes
Over the past decade, I’ve traveled countless times to the desert regions east of San Bernardino in Southern California. In the Mojave National Preserve and Joshua Tree National Park, I’ve been captivated by the desert’s complex and diverse ecosystems — at once beautiful, perilous, fragile, and resilient.
Enviro Groups Ask Colorado to Deny Proposed Suncor Air Quality Permit
Earlier this month, a coalition of environmental advocacy groups asked Colorado’s air quality regulatory agencies to deny a proposed air pollution permit submitted by Suncor Energy for its petroleum refinery located in Commerce City, north of Denver. The groups argued that the permit does not adequately ensure a decrease in pollution from the embattled refinery.
Colorado State Senate Candidate Tim Walsh Funded Far-Right Conspiracist’s Videos
Front Range developer Tim Walsh, who is running for state senate in Jefferson County, promises to “keep politics out of the classroom,” but he’s also funding a right-wing group with the opposite goal: teaching a conservative Christian version of American history to young people.
Anti-Abortion Policies Are Pro-Death. Here Are a Couple Reasons Why
From forcing 10-year-olds to birth babies and limiting essential perinatal care to not addressing emergencies and leaving interpreting the law up to providers — we have seen horrifying examples of how abortion bans are pro-death in an already collapsing maternal health care system.
The Shomer: Neo-Nazi Arrest Reveals Rape Plot to Force White Pregnancies
Intersectionality.
BRIEF: Psychedelic Medicines Will Be on the November 2022 Ballot
Colorado voters will decide this November whether physicians in the state will be allowed to prescribe psychedelic medicines for treating certain mental health conditions in qualifying patients, following a formal review and the recent approval of a proposed ballot measure by the Colorado Secretary of State’s Elections Division.
CO Natural Gas Company That Funded O’Dea Super PAC Fined $3.25 Million For Violating Clean Air Laws
On Monday state and federal environmental agencies fined a Denver-based natural gas processor operating in Weld County $3.25 million for failing to detect and repair leaks at its facilities that produced harmful air emissions.
Young Colorado GOP Activist Identified as White Nationalist ‘Groyper’ Making Antisemitic Threats
A young man who volunteered on multiple Colorado Republican campaigns, including the 2020 Trump reelection effort, has been identified as a Groyper, the antisemitic white nationalist group led by Nick Fuentes.