Children and Elderly at Risk from “Dangerous and Close” Fracking
Denver, CO. –More than 54,567 kindergarten through twelfth grade children in Colorado attend schools within one mile of a fracked oil or gas well, putting them at increased risk of health impacts from...
View ArticleEnvironment Colorado launches campaign to block attacks on solar power
Denver, CO– With solar power on the rise around the country, a national network fossil fuel and utility-backed organizations have joined forces to put the brakes on this fast-growing pollution-free...
View Article"Sheer Reckless Folly"
Today, President Trump signed an executive order rolling back climate progress. The executive order instructs the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to rewrite the Clean Power Plan, the single...
View ArticleDenver is 6th worst for smog days
Air pollution remains a major threat to our health, according to a new report from Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center, Our Health at Risk: Why Are Millions of Americans Still Breathing...
View ArticleBriefing: wind, solar and other clean energy sources could supply 100% of our...
Denver, CO — Wind, solar, and other renewable sources now make up just about 10 percent of the nation’s energy mix, but transitioning to 100 percent clean energy is both necessary and feasible, a...
View ArticleChildren and Elderly at Risk from “Dangerous and Close” Fracking
Denver, CO. –More than 54,567 kindergarten through twelfth grade children in Colorado attend schools within one mile of a fracked oil or gas well, putting them at increased risk of health impacts from...
View ArticleChildren and Elderly at Risk from “Dangerous and Close” Fracking
Denver, CO. –More than 54,567 kindergarten through twelfth grade children in Colorado attend schools within one mile of a fracked oil or gas well, putting them at increased risk of health impacts from...
View ArticleEnvironment Colorado launches campaign to block attacks on solar power
Denver, CO– With solar power on the rise around the country, a national network fossil fuel and utility-backed organizations have joined forces to put the brakes on this fast-growing pollution-free...
View Article"Sheer Reckless Folly"
Today, President Trump signed an executive order rolling back climate progress. The executive order instructs the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to rewrite the Clean Power Plan, the single...
View ArticleDenver is 6th worst for smog days
Air pollution remains a major threat to our health, according to a new report from Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center, Our Health at Risk: Why Are Millions of Americans Still Breathing...
View ArticleInterior Secretary Recommends Eliminating Protections for Ten of America’s...
Denver, CO - Ten national monuments could soon lose some protections and be spoiled by mining, drilling, logging and overfishing, according to a U.S. Interior Department document leaked last night.
View ArticleHealth, Business, and Community Voices Urge EPA to Keep Clean Water Rule
Today more than 600 leaders from 43 states – including doctors and nurses, business owners, state and local officials, and watershed activists - urged U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to...
View ArticleTrump administration announces repeal of EPA’s Clean Power Plan
Denver – Today, the Trump administration announced that it plans to repeal the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, our best climate program to limit carbon pollution from dirty power plants. Environment Colorado...
View ArticleTrump administration announces steps to replace EPA’s Clean Power Plan
Today, the Trump administration took its first step toward rolling back the EPA’s Clean Power Plan by announcing a move to replace this critical program that cuts power plant pollution. Environment...
View ArticleColorado Springs Needs 1,000 More Electric Vehicle Charging Stations by 2030
Colorado Springs – With electric vehicles (EVs) hitting Colorado streets in record numbers, a new study by Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center, CoPIRG Foundation, and Frontier Group finds...
View ArticleRollback of Federal Clean Car Standards Bad for Colorado Wallets, Health,...
Coloradans have saved $550 million at the pump and avoided putting dangerous smog-forming pollutants into our air since the federal government adopted clean car standards in 2012. Despite having huge...
View ArticleDenver the No. Nine Solar City in New Report
DENVER - The City and County of Denver ranks ninth for solar energy in a new report, landing it among the nation’s leaders for installing clean energy from the sun.
View ArticleElectric buses reduce carbon pollution that drives climate change
Denver’s transit agency, RTD, is one of the only large transit agencies in the country that has deployed electric buses in its fleet, reducing air pollution and saving money according to a new report...
View ArticleColorado Becomes the First Interior State to Pursue Advanced Clean Car Standards
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper today announced an executive order directing Colorado air quality officials to begin a process to adopt state advanced clean car standards in response to the Trump...
View ArticleTrouble in the Air: 86 dirty air days in 2016 pose risks to Grand Junction...
[GRAND JUNCTION, COLO.] – Just one week after Gov. Hickenlooper’s executive order to begin the process of making Colorado the only interior state with cleaner cars standards, Environment Colorado...
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