Over 50 Organizations Demand that the Polis Administration Take Action To Reduce Emissions in Line with State Law
Local environmental groups discover major gap in state emission goals and speak out at today’s Air Quality Control Commission Hearing in Denver, demanding swifter action to meet Colorado climate goals.
PRESS RELEASE: Boulder Becomes First County To Screen Insurance Contracts Based on Fossil Fuel Policies
Boulder County Commissioners Pass Historical Resolution on Climate Change and Insurance – and the move coincides with Fossil Fuel Divestment Day, a national distributed day of action focused on divestment
PERA Members and Activists Hope New Study Will Move the Needle on Divestment
350 Colorado is running a number of campaigns focused on defunding climate disaster, including a statewide divestment campaign targeting the Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA), Colorado’s state pension fund. KDNK Community Radio hosted a segment on the Fossil Free PERA campaign and efforts underway.
Pension Funds, Including Colorado’s PERA, Lost Billions by Not Divesting from Fossil Fuels, New Studies Show
Fossil Free PERA group demands strategy for protecting state retirement fund from future losses
Global Fossil Fuel Divestment and Clean Energy Investment Movement Crosses $11 Trillion Milestone
Institutional investors pledge to shift investments out of the past and into the future.
350 CO & Colorado Coalition for a Livable Climate Send Letter to State’s Congressional Delegation
350 CO and the Colorado Coalition for a Livable Climate (CCLC) recently sent a letter to all nine members of Colorado’s congressional delegation urging them to work on moving legislation forward in Congress that will address the climate crisis.
Community Groups call on COGCC for Pause in Oil and Gas Permitting During SB 19-181 Rulemaking Process, Citing Rulemaking as “Hopelessly Out of Sequence”
At COGCC 500 Series Rulemaking Special Hearing, over 30 community and environmental groups offered formal party status presentations for the first time regarding SB 19-181
Colorado Coalition for a Livable Climate Urges Bolder Climate Goals in 2020
Yesterday, the Climate Action Plan to Reduce Pollution bill, HB 19-1261, received final approval from the legislature, and is now ready for the Governor’s signature. The Colorado Coalition for a Livable Climate (CCLC) recognizes and appreciates the historic progress the legislature has made this session in attempting to get Colorado to do its part in addressing the looming climate disaster. It is gratified that HB 19-1261 acknowledges the importance of limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5° Celsius over the pre-industrial average, as called for by the October 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report.
City of Denver Divests from Oil and Gas Companies!
The City of Denver sold its oil and gas bonds last month, and is reviewing renewable energy reinvestment options.
350 Colorado Urges Bolder Climate Goals as New Climate Legislation is Introduced this Week
Fort Collins, CO – Yesterday, the long-anticipated bill to establish new climate goals for the State of Colorado was released by its cosponsors in the House and Senate. The Colorado Coalition for a Livable Climate (CCLC), of which 350 Colorado is a member, supports efforts to address the climate crisis and calls on the General Assembly to adopt bolder climate goals than those currently proposed in the bill in order to be more consistent with a 66% chance of limiting the global average temperature rise no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius – the maximum recommended in the October 2018 Report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to avoid the most dire climate impacts.