News Release | Environment Colorado

Boulder Creek, Global Warming Solutions, Mercury Pollution Limits Withstand Assault in U.S. Senate

Colorado senators both voted right on budget amendments related to protecting parks and securing strong carbon pollution standards, yet Senator Bennet cast a disappointing vote on the Keystone XL pipeline. Senator Udall voted against the measure, which would further destabilize our climate and endanger our health and environment in Colorado.

News Release | Environment Colorado

President Obama, Congress Save Wind Power in Fiscal Cliff Agreement

Today President Obama will sign into law a bill that extends key tax credits for wind power and averts the ‘fiscal cliff.’

News Release | Environment Colorado

Local farmer, brewer, environmentalist unite to call on Congress to save wind subsidies

In Fort Collins today, Environment Colorado was joined by Doug Odell of Odell Brewing, Michael Baute of Spring Kite Farm, and Pamela Shaddock of Senator Udall’s office in releasing a new report touting wind energy’s environmental benefits to date and calling on Congress to renew the federal wind tax credits.

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Vote for Colorado's Environment

Environment Colorado announced its endorsements for the 2012 election season, shining a spotlight on key pro-environment candidates for the White House, Congress and the state legislature.

News Release | Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center

The Costs of Fracking: Environment Colorado Documents the Dollars Drained by Dirty Drilling

Denver, CO: Firing a new salvo in the ongoing debate over the gas drilling practice known as fracking, Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center released a report today documenting a wide range of dollars and cents costs imposed by dirty drilling. As documented in The Cost of Fracking, fracking creates millions of dollars of costs related to everything from air pollution to ruined roads to contaminated property.

News Release | Environment Colorado Research and Policy Center

New Report: Extreme Downpours and Snowstorms Up 25% in Colorado

Based on an analysis of state data from the National Climatic Data Center, the new report found that heavy downpours and snowstorms that used to happen once every 12 months on average in state now happen every 9.6 months on average.  Moreover, the biggest storms are getting bigger. The largest annual storms in Colorado now produce 8% more precipitation, on average than they did 65 years ago.

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EPA Proposes Life-Saving Soot Pollution Standards

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency put forth updated air quality standards for deadly "soot" pollution.

News Release | Environment Colorado

Obama Administration Takes Needed First Step to Protect Our Health and Environment from Fracking Air Pollution

Today the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized new national standards to curb dangerous air pollution from gas drilling operations. Environment America praised the measure as an important first step in addressing the risks associated with hydraulic fracturing.

News Release | Environment Colorado

Obama Administration to Protect Americans’ Health by Setting Carbon Pollution Standards for New Power Plants

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed historic new limits on carbon pollution from new power plants.  Carbon pollution fuels global warming, which leads to poor air quality that triggers asthma attacks and other respiratory problems.  Scientists also predict that global warming will lead to more devastating floods, more deadly heat waves and the spread of infectious diseases.

News Release | Environment Colorado

Sens. Udall and Bennet Introduce Bill for Wind Power and Thank Environment Colorado

Colorado’s U.S. Senators Udall and Bennet joined a bipartisan group of five other senators in introducing the American Energy and Job Promotion Act, S. 2201, which extends the wind energy production tax credit for two years.

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