Joey BunchOrganizers say they have an "unprecedented coalition" of labor, environment, youth, faith and community groups behind the cause.
Associated PressAs temperatures rise in the U.S. West, so do the flames. The years with the most acres burned by wildfires have some of the hottest temperatures, an Associated Press analysis found.
Dan Elliott, Associated PressClimate change will likely make large hailstorms worse, but population growth is more of a certainty, said a climate modeling scientist at the the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder.
The Washington PostIn the state known as the “mother of rivers,” the third-warmest and driest period in more than a century is wreaking havoc on waterways that provide the economic lifeline for rural communities and high-alpine habitat for Colorado’s signature fish
Ernest LuningEMILY’s List, a national group that backs pro-abortion-rights Democratic women candidates, has endorsed 14 Colorado legislative candidates.
Hal BidlackA recent Colorado Politics article told of Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s climate action plan. The mayor reported, as part of his State of the City address, that his plan would move Colorado’s largest city to 100 percent renewable electricity by 2030. Now, I should admit right up front that I’m fairly committed to combatting climate change. I am a senior research fellow at a couple of DC-based environmental policy/national security policy think tanks and have been looking at climate change for many years.
Colorado PoliticsHaving seen Jared Polis’s misleading campaign ad attacking Cary Kennedy for the umpteenth time, I am sharing some direct insight about his claim that he “led” the effort to increase funding for every school in Colorado – and from where the actual leadership came. I was the campaign manager for that effort – Amendment 23. Cary Kennedy conceived the amendment, wrote it and led the effort to explain it, debate it and advocate for it. Working with a crew of tenacious women, they fought for and won the Amendment 23 election. Cary’s ability as citizen leader was clear: She identified a problem, identified a solution and built momentum to fix it.
Mark JaffeThe climate-change lawsuit against ExxonMobil and Suncor by Boulder and two counties is the wrong complaint in the wrong forum, panelists said.
The former governor, who coined the phrase "new energy economy," said Weiser will help lead Colorado's fight against climate change.
Marianne GoodlandNote: beginning Tuesday, April 30, the Senate will route all bills, regardless of topic, through one of three committees: Finance, Appropriations and/or State, Veterans and Military Affairs. This decision is based on the General Assembly reaching the last ten days of the 2018 legislative session.