"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.
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‘Magic Hour’ Star and Snowboarding Climate Activist Jeremy Jones Calls Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act the ‘BFD Bill’
Professional snowboarder and climate activist Jeremy Jones is happy to talk about riding deep snow in the latest Teton Gravity Research film “Magic Hour” (Boulder Theater tonight at 8:30 p.m.), but it’s very easy to get him off describing perfect powder runs in the Tetons and onto the less-than-perfect Inflation Reduction Act.
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Wildfires Are Burning Away The West’s Snow
A new study finds wildfires are burning more high elevation areas and dramatically impacting the West’s snowpack as a result.
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Eagle County Says Utah Oil Train Plan ‘Both Lighting the Match and Fanning the Flames’
EAGLE COUNTY, Colo. — Two of Colorado’s most cherished natural resources have been in the news a lot lately: the endangered Colorado River and key national forest areas lawmakers want to protect for future generations.