Colorado’s Speaker of the House joined environmentalists on Tuesday to talk about the importance of continued state and federal legislation on climate change and global warming. Bente Birkeland has more.
Climate Change and Its Impact On Health
“By deploying clean energy and reducing the amount of pollution in the air we can reduce those threats and protect public health.” Travis Madsen with Environment Colorado says that are major implications for public health due to a warming planet. […]
White House Buddhist Leadership Conference
“It’s clear to everyone that having the information about climate change simply isn’t enough and if we really want to see something happen, how do we address that and how do we hold that?” Sherry Ellms an Associate Professor in […]
Divesting from Fossil Fuels
“There are a growing number of options to invest in that are fossil fuel free and that can be done in a pension fund, it can be done in a retirement fund, but the first thing you have to do […]
The State of Colorado’s Air
“We have more days of spikes of particular pollution and worse ozone.” The drier hotter summers in the West have resulted in a worsening air quality in the Denver metro area says Janice Nolan, assistant vice president of national policy […]
Composting to combat climate change
“It’s a true Rumpelstiltskin story. Who knew we could literally take a rotting vegetable and turn it into black gold.” Brenda Platt is the Co-Director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. She’s the Project Director for their Composting for Community project. […]
Dot Org: Alliance for Sustainable Colorado
The Alliance for Sustainable Colorado serves as the backbone for sustainability in Colorado. Through networks they seek to support sustainability through collaboration. Anna Zawisza, Executive Director, talks with host Steve Miller about the Alliance and upcoming events.
Climate Change: What can you do?
Dr. Chuck Kutscher is Director of the Buildings and Thermal Systems Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado. Sunday March 29th, he’ll be doing a presentation on The Latest Science, What Do We Know and What Can […]