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Leaving a Legacy for Future Generations: Why Coloradans Need a Climate Action Plan
By: Asheton Gilbertson Each year our stunning landscapes attract over 80 million visitors to our state. These visitors are drawn to the world-class recreation opportunities that our mountains, lakes, and rivers offer, along with the unique agricultural...
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Colorado’s Outdated Mining Laws are FINALLY Getting an Update
Whether you think about it every day or once in a blue moon, mining significantly impacted Colorado’s past -- and continues to influence the present and our future. Mining operations helped build Colorado’s economy -- and many of our towns’ names reflects this...
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Celebrating Cesar Chavez and the Organizer’s Commitment to the Environment
Written by Juan Gallegos When I first learned about organizing and the potency of speaking truth to power, one person leaped to the forefront of my mind: Cesar Chavez. This week, the famous labor organizer, Latinx leader, and environmental activist is on the mind of a...
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Ten Things You Should Know About Colorado’s Oil and Gas Industry
Here in Colorado, the oil and gas industry has had too much influence for too long while our communities and environment suffer. Over the last decade, communities across the state have found themselves with no power to stand up to the industry when drilling comes to...
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Concern about Climate Change Hits Record High in Colorado
By: Audrey Wheeler Coloradans are more concerned than ever about climate change — and it’s not hard to see why. According to the latest Conservation in the West poll, concern about climate change has gone up in every western state since 2016. Here in...
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Putting Public Health Above Corporate Wealth: Why It’s Time for Oil and Gas Reform
By: Asheton Gilbertson When it comes to oil and gas development in Colorado, our legislators can't revisit the state's outdated laws soon enough. From January 14 to 29, Coloradans witnessed: cleanup efforts of a pipeline leaking thousands of gallons of...
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Colorado is at a turning point. Will 2019 be our time for climate action?
By: Audrey Wheeler We are living during a pivotal moment for the protection of Colorado’s environment. With the opening of Colorado’s legislature and Governor Jared Polis being sworn in, we will enter the legislative session following a new era of leaders...
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Looking Back and Looking Forward: How Colorado is Poised to Lead on the Environment
By: Audrey Wheeler Drove 1,800 megawatts of clean energy. Cut pollution from cars. Organized thousands of Coloradans to stand up to the Trump administration. Won 53 elections, electing more women and people of color than ever before in Colorado. When we...
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Promotores: Building the Next Generation of Latino Leaders
By: Asheton Gilbertson “I want to [see] more respect for the environment and the communities that are living in that environment. People are being taken advantage of. We have to try to change. Going out and canvassing and talking to politicians, that’s a...
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Our Biggest Election Season Yet
On Election Day 2018, nationwide voter turnout for the midterm elections was the highest its been in more than 50 years. In Colorado, an astounding 2.5 million ballots were returned, earning our state one of the top five highest-midterm-turnout rates in the country....
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Ballot Measures 2018
✅ Amendments Y and Z - YES Congressional and Legislative Redistricting 🆇 Amendment 74 - NO Just Compensation for Reduction in Fair Market Value by Government Law or Regulation 🆇 Proposition 109 - NO Authorize Bonds for Transportation Projects ✅ Proposition 110 -...
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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month and Connecting to Conservation
Fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson recognized the United States' Hispanic population by creating Hispanic Heritage Week. The week was later expanded to a month by President Reagan in 1988, and it stretches from September 15 to October 15 every year to...
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