Implement a strong producer responsibility system and reduce single-use plastic packaging
Microscopic bits of colored plastic recently were found in 90% of Colorado water samples.
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Abundant, redundant and unnecessary: Plastic
The boreal forest: Carbon sink in danger
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Building support for a new national monument
Students at CU Boulder join “Save the Bees” campaign
New prize for cities seeking to cut red tape for solar
Wasting our Waterways
Polluters poured nearly 200 million pounds of toxic substances into U.S. waterways in 2020. We must strengthen Clean Water Act protections and reduce toxics use.
We continue our financial support of Environment Colorado and Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center because ... [of] their research and policy branch, ...[and]... their intelligent, informed, committed advocacy at the Colorado Legislature.Phyllis Updike, RN, PhD, Member, Environment Colorado
I am passionate about nurturing our postcard state
I encourage everyone to care for our environment because every aspect of our lives depends upon it, and we are the ones responsible for its care and preservation.Theresa Gallant, Member, Environment Washington
I encourage everyone to care for our environment
It is now apparent that we need to take significant action in the next few years if we are to have any chance of avoiding the really significant impacts of a changing climate.Bruce Parker, Member, Environment America
We need to take significant action
It's a real privilege to do this work. It can be frustrating at times, it can be tedious at times, but it's also incredibly rewarding.Emily Rusch, Vice President and Senior Director of State Offices
It’s a real privilege to do this work
Creating change is sort of in my DNA — if I see something wrong, I really have to stand up and try to demand change.Dan Jacobson, Senior Advisor, Environment California
