climate change
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INSIGHTS | Washington runs hot & cold on climate, fires
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You can’t say the Trump administration has no plan to combat the ravages of climate change. Pick up a rake and head to the forest, President Trump seemed to suggest after viewing the ravages of the California wildfire. In a burned-down community called Paradise, the president said, “Pleasure, what a name.” It feels like much…
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Trump administration climate report: Damage is ‘intensifying across the country’
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The federal government on Friday released a long-awaited report with an unmistakable message: The impacts of climate change, from deadly wildfires to increasingly debilitating hurricanes and heat waves, are already battering the United States, and the danger of more such catastrophes is worsening. The report’s authors, who represent numerous federal agencies, say they are more…
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THE PODIUM | The election was a mandate; voters now expect action
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The 2018 election cycle was a clear victory for working families across the state. We successfully elected candidates statewide that have committed to stand up for issues working families care about like lifting up wages, affordable quality healthcare, racial justice, immigrants’ rights, climate justice and the right to organize. While pundits may attribute this election…
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HUDSON | Proposition 112 was but one battle in a war that’s far from over
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CRED (Coloradans for Responsible Energy Development) demonstrated that you could drive support for a ballot initiative from 70 percent to less than 40 percent on Election Day with a mere $35 or $40 million dollars. If you add in two or three years of positioning ads, featuring geologist Moms (“I would never put my kids…
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Trump is hurting Colorado skiing, says Aspen Skiing CEO
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President Donald Trump’s policies on climate change and immigration are hurting Colorado’s signature ski industry, a skiing executive says. “Our industry is on the front line of the battle,” Mike Kaplan, the CEO of Aspen Skiing Co., said of climate change in an interview with TV host Aaron Harber on KCDO-Channel 3 in Colorado (watch…
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Q&A with Cody Wertz | ‘I do hope we stay purple … It keeps more people involved’
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Cody Wertz has spent plenty of his productive life working in the winner-take-all, zero-sum game of horse-race, partisan politics. Yet, the onetime messaging man for Democratic candidates and causes now finds his stride beyond the perennial partisan grudge match. As a co-founder of Denver public affairs firm Freestone Strategies, he advocates for a range of…
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BIDLACK | Colorado’s glaciers are like canaries in the coal mine for climate change
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You’ve likely heard the term, “moving at a glacial pace.” Usually the term is used to express things that go very slowly, but steadily, like, well, glaciers. This analogy includes things like rule changes being made to major league baseball and your bank getting an error in your account fixed. But do you know what…
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IN RESPONSE | Missing from our energy portfolio: political willpower
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While we agree with U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner in recommending a cautious policy when dealing with Russia, we believe the senator is using the current distrust between Russia and the U.S. as cover to advance his real overriding agenda, promoting the fracked gas industry. After all, according to Ballotpedia.com, since 2009 Sen. Gardner has received…
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Saturday event on climate in Denver could heat up Colorado politics
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A gathering that’s bound to favor Jared Polis and oppose Colorado’s oil and gas industry is set for Saturday morning at Manual High School. Organizers say they have an “unprecedented coalition” of labor, environment, youth, faith and community groups behind the climate cause. State Rep. Joe Salazar, who narrowly lost the Democratic nomination for attorney…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Science says hotter weather turbocharges western wildfires
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Science says hotter weather turbocharges West’s wildfires As 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 of fire and weather data found. As human-caused climate change has warmed the world over the past 35…
