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Why the Clean Cars Standards Are Important For Colorado — and Why We’re So Excited
You might’ve seen the phrase “clean car standards” popping up in your Facebook and Twitter feeds this week. While your local environmental and public health organizations celebrated the new standards, you might’ve felt a bit out of the loop. Let’s break down what the...
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Faces of Conservation: Six Stories That Protected Our Outdoors
This May, Governor Hickenlooper signed a bill into law to continue funding outdoor recreation and land conservation in all 64 counties in the state. The bill sends a clear message that we value our public lands — from city playgrounds to state parks. With this bill,...
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Colorado’s Clean Future
Pueblo, Colorado Pueblo, Colorado, is in many ways a vision of times past. The steel mill that the city was built around looms over downtown. Unions are big, newspapers are small, and locals are dedicated to their old watering holes. But in this union town that has...
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The Five Foes: Colorado Lawmakers that Failed to Protect the Environment in 2018
Some of the session’s most anti-conservation policies and rhetoric came from the minds and mouths of Colorado’s own lawmakers. Let’s review some of the actions and words from the five foes of the 2018 legislative session…
read moreProof that oil and gas money has a stranglehold on Colorado’s state capitol
Oil and gas lobbyists and money keep Senate Republicans in their pocket In 2017, during Colorado’s legislative session, a deadly explosion killed two people in Firestone, CO. The explosion was due to an uncapped flow line from an oil well. After such a tragedy, most...
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The Fabulous Five: Lawmakers Who Championed Colorado’s Environment
Now that the legislative session is over, we can celebrate what passed, lament what didn’t pass, and plan ahead for what we need to get done next year.
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As the dust clears on Colorado’s legislative session, here’s what happened on the environment.
120 days. 100 legislators. Amongst a storm of #MeToo scandals, teacher protests, civil rights debates, and more, we made progress and fought some important fights for our environment.
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31 Ways To Protect Where You Play
In Colorado, our stunning mountains, open vistas, and rushing rivers inspire us and connect us to nature. Unfortunately, our public lands face countless attacks from powerful interests, like corporate polluters and the Trump administration, who are out of line with...
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A Transportation Situation
Colorado’s population is growing. How can we support our increasing population with transportation systems that work? As anyone who’s been stuck in traffic recently can tell you, Colorado has a transportation problem. Our roads are deteriorating, our highways are...
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Senator Cory Gardner keeps voting with Trump against our environment
Colorado’s Senator Cory Gardner has claimed many times that he values our outdoors and environment. Unfortunately, when it comes to conservation and environmental issues, Senator Gardner has little to brag about. In fact, Gardner has voted with President Trump 92.4...
read morePor Qué es Importante la Sesión Legislativa de Colorado para la Conservación Ambiental
El 10 de enero del 2018 marcó el comienzo de la sesión legislativa de Colorado. Y en los próximos cuatro meses, necesitaremos trabajar conjuntamente para determinar el camino necesario para proteger nuestro aire, nuestras aguas, tierras públicas y nuestras...
read moreWhy Colorado’s Legislative Session Matters for Conservation
January 10, 2018 marks the start of Colorado’s legislative session. And for the next four months, we’ll need to work together to determine our path forward to protect our air, water, public lands, and communities. We are facing a turning point for our environment. As...
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