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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‘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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Nearly Half of CO Oil & Gas Wells Barely Produce Anything While Leaking Gas That Causes Climate Change and Health Issues
July was the hottest month in Earth’s history, largely due to human-caused global warming. Coloradans dealt with unhealthy air quality all month long as the state issued 14 ozone alert days during July. The Front Range regularly has some of the worst air quality in the country during the summer months because of the high density of vehicles, high temperatures, and oil and gas activity in the surrounding area.
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Drilled Dry: Boebert Pushes Gas Projects, Which Suck Millions of Gallons of Water From Her District
“When people ask what my top three issues are, I say water, water, water.”
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CO Communities That Already Host Air-Polluting Facilities Could Suffer Under Proposed Air Quality Rule, Say Environmentalists
On Monday, Colorado air quality regulators released the latest draft of rules intended to hold polluters across the state accountable for releasing harmful toxins into the air. Environmental activists worry that communities facing the greatest threat — where many high-polluting facilities exist — might be unduly harmed by allowances in the rules for companies to shift greenhouse gas emission reductions to other facilities they own.
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Polis Signs Scaled-Back Ozone Bill: Oil & Gas Industry Criticize, Enviro Activists Celebrate
Earlier this month, Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) signed a bill into law that’s intended to decrease ozone pollution stemming from oil and gas production in Colorado and establish an interim legislative committee to investigate solutions to the poor air quality affecting parts of Colorado.
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Checking In On “Irresponsible” Oil & Gas Companies: State Holding Some Accountable, Activists Say There’s More To Be Done
It’s been over a year since Colorado passed rules intended to hold oil & gas operators accountable for plugging their wells once they’re finished with them.
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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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Ratepayers, Activists Decry Xcel Energy Bill Surges at CO Capitol, Lawmakers Promise to Take Action
Environmental groups and Colorado residents gathered outside the state Capitol Wednesday to decry the burden of skyrocketing energy bills and ask state lawmakers to take action. At the rally, two lawmakers promised to introduce a bill aiming to address the rally attendees’ concerns.