This week, climate activists in major cities across Colorado rallied for one goal: to get insurance companies to end their investments in the fossil fuel industry. They started with a protest in downtown Denver on Wednesday.
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Panelists at Climate Denier Documentary Premiere Claim Climate Activists Are ‘Anti-Human’
In 2018, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a report warning of severe consequences if global climate change were allowed to continue unabated. To counteract this, IPCC’s report said, would require the U.S. and other major nations to set a course to achieve ‘net zero’ emissions by 2050 — meaning any emissions of carbon dioxide, a leading driver of climate change, would need to be balanced by an equal amount removed from the atmosphere.
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‘Stop Insuring Fossil Fuels’: Protest Disrupts Insurance Event at the Broadmoor
Insurance executives gathering Tuesday for an annual convention at the Broadmoor hotel in Colorado Springs had more on their plates than hors d’oeuvres.
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Boebert Calls a Top CO Republican Lawmaker, Who Denied Climate Change, Her ‘Inspiration’
"Rose is what she calls an 'accidental politician.' I'm kinda one of those too, Rose, and it's almost your fault,” Boebert said.
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Report: CO Pension Fund Mostly Votes Against ESG Resolutions, Fails to Address Climate Change
A report released last week revealed that the Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA), Colorado’s pension fund for state workers, voted against 61% of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) resolutions proposed by companies it was invested in during the 2022 proxy season.
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Climate Groups Raise Concerns Over Hydrogen, Carbon Capture, and Nuclear Technologies in Colorado
In 2021, Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) outlined a roadmap to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Colorado 50% by 2030 and achieve 100% renewable energy in the state by 2040. As these deadlines approach, nuclear energy, carbon capture technology, and hydrogen are being proposed by some as ways to offset carbon emissions from fossil fuel production, theoretically making the deadlines easier for the state to hit.
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‘It’s Water Vapor’: Colorado Republicans Deny the Existence of Climate Change While Dems Pass Bills To Help Fight It
In what’s become an annual tradition in the Colorado General Assembly, Democrats in the majority are spending the final weeks of the legislative session passing bills aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, while their Republican colleagues persist in outright denial of the scientific consensus on manmade climate change.
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Big Oil Booster: Boebert Pushes Industry-Backed Effort to Cut Drilling Regulations
Last week, Denver Business Journal reported that Colorado oil and gas companies raked in billions of dollars in profits in 2022. Despite this, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) says that energy companies are overregulated, and these regulations are clamping down on rural communities’ livelihoods.
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85 News Stories Were Written About Denver’s Record-Breaking December Cold Snap, Only 4 Mentioned Climate Change
On Dec. 21, 2022, the temperature at Denver International Airport dropped 37° F (from 42° to 5°) in one hour, the largest recorded hourly drop in Denver in the National Weather Service’s tracking history.
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CO Coalition Urges Phase-out of New Oil and Gas Permits by 2030
Safe & Healthy Colorado, self-described as a grassroots, volunteer-led coalition of Coloradans working toward a safer and healthier future, announced a campaign to decrease the state’s production of oil and gas.