This past summer, the Environmental Protection Agency took the greatest single step the U.S. has ever taken to address climate change, finalizing the Clean Power Plan. The Clean Power Plan sets the first-ever federal limits on carbon pollution from power plants, reducing it, by the year 2030, 32 percent below 2005 levels. This will only more »
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Glenwood Springs Post Independent » Opinion: Clean Power Plan works for Colorado
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High Country News » Can small communities tackle global food security?
Climate change has profound impacts on growing seasons and crop yields, but local solutions have promise. This story was produced in partnership with KVNF Radio in Paonia, Colorado. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, this year is on course to be the hottest year in recorded history. And with greenhouse gas emissions increasing, more »
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North Fork National Forests. So what is a GMUG?
Crossposted at NorthForkScrapbook.org Conservation & the Public Lands “Essentially democratic in spirit, purpose, and method” America’s public lands are a national birthright, an exemplar of global conservation leadership, and a tremendous source of local pride and benefit. In the North Fork Valley our National Forest lands are a testament to the foresight of leaders from more more »
Grand Jct. Sentinel, Editorial » Coal counties deserve help with transition
Coal counties deserve help with transition By The Daily Sentinel Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Because coal is big in Western Colorado — as an abundant resource, a cheap way to generate electricity and a provider of good-paying jobs — President Obama’s initiative to reduce carbon emissions from power plants has more opposition here than other more »
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Delta County Independent » County weighs in on lease exchange
The Delta Board of County Commissioners has taken an official position on the proposed Thompson Divide gas lease exchange which includes federal gas lease properties in Delta County. County administrator Robbie LeValley notes the exchange process is likely to be a long one involving levels of government right up to the U.S Congress which will more »
CO Farm & Food Alliance » Denver Event Combines Fine Nosh and Spirits to Discuss Farms & Food Security
This past May the Colorado Farm & Food Alliance joined with partners and friends including Slow Food Western Slope, the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, and the Valley Organic Growers Association to bring a sampling of top quality Colorado-sourced food and drink to Denver, with a message. If you care about food you need to care about how oil and more »
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Mosquitoes, Beetles & Global Warming – Climate Change and Colorado’s Great Outdoors
(Crossposted at Colorado Pols) Colorado, summertime. The living is easy… Sure we have some of the best winter recreation in the world, and Color Sunday drives and hunting season make fall the busiest part of the season for many Colorado communities. But there is something about a Rocky Mountain summer that is hard to beat. more »
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Proposed BLM Rule Could Recoup Billions for U.S. Taxpayers, Help Avert Climate Catastrophe
(Crossposted at Colorado Pols) Like a number of communities in Colorado, the valley where I live has been engaged in an effort to constrain oil and gas development to keep it out of our water supplies, our favorite recreational areas, our towns, farms and communities. This effort has been met with mixed success. We banded more »
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The “Church,” Climate Change, and the Decline of the Bees
(Crossposted at Colorado Pols) The Pope is getting all the news today on Climate, having clarified – the faithful are told to believe—that God is not OK with trashing the earth, and that we need to do something about that. “The climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant for all.” But as Francis more »
