Environmental Groups Demand Urgency from Air Quality Control Commission
ESTES PARK – Environmental groups including 350 Colorado “stopped the clock” at the Air Quality Control Commission’s retreat in Estes Park Thursday, with a message that we are out of time to address climate and air quality issues. Though the initial AQCC retreat plan included a time for public comment according to information released earlier this year, the final agenda had changed to exclude public comment, limiting any public interaction to the “meet and greet.”
350 CO Offers Tools & Resources in Spanish: Take Action to Protect Your Community
This Spring, 350 Colorado joined forces with coalition partners to host important community education and outreach sessions in both Greeley and Denver to consider the adverse health impacts of toxic air pollution. Presentations were offered in Spanish, along with resource sharing aimed at ways to protect our communities through advocacy training around fighting oil and gas development in Greeley and fighting Suncor Oil Refinery pollution in Commerce City & Denver.
Divestment 101: Why Fossil Fuel Divestment is Key & How To Take Action
By Nicole Conlan
A major pillar of 350 Colorado’s sustainability strategy is fossil fuel divestment (or as it is often called, Divest-Invest). But if you’re not a financial expert, you might not know what that entails. This piece covers both investment and pension funds as well as day-to-day banking, and how you can make sure your money isn’t funding fossil fuel companies.