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Updated 2023 mid-hurricane season resource guide: data, resources & interview opportunities
STATEMENT: President Biden protects Grand Canyon from uranium mining
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Schools stand to benefit from going solar
Guide offers insights on how communities can reduce pollution and save on energy bills by putting solar on schools
Environment America launches campaign urging FedEx to ‘go solar’
Shipping giant’s 5,000+ facilities boast hundreds of millions of square feet of rooftop space that could harness renewable energy from the sun
NYT from 2020: G.M. Drops Its Support for Trump Climate Rollbacks and Aligns With Biden
Environment America President Wendy Wendlandt spoke to the New York Times about General Motors in 2020.
2023 Wildfire Season coverage guide: data, resources and interview opportunities
The Public Interest Network (which includes PIRG, Environment America and state groups in often-impacted Western and Southwestern states including Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Texas and Washington) is sharing information to help contextualize the major environmental, health and consumer concerns posed by the wildfires that will inevitably come this summer.
New Report: 100% of tested Colorado water bodies contain microplastics
Water samples were taken from sixteen sites across the Front Range, gathered and analyzed by student volunteers.
STATEMENT: Coloradan Congressional leaders introduce federal bill to protect public lands
CORE Act would establish protections for more than 400,000 acres
VICTORY: Gov. Polis signs bill limiting bee-killing pesticides
Colorado is the ninth state to limit use of neonics.
Save the Bees: Legislature passes bill limiting bee-killing pesticides
Colorado would be ninth state to limit use of neonics. The bill (SB23-266) heads to the Governor’s desk for his signature.
New report: Rooftop solar on America’s warehouses could power every household in every state’s largest city
Analysis demonstrates enormous environmental benefits of installing panels atop warehouses, distribution centers
Forest Service takes key step toward first national rule to protect mature, old-growth trees, forests
Announcement advances Biden’s 2022 Earth Day Executive Order