FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Tuesday, January 12, 2021 Contact:  Micah Parkin, micah@350colorado.org, 504-258-1247 Julia Williams, outreach@350colorado.org, 970-948-1439 **PRESS RELEASE** New Report Finds Oil and Gas Industry Responsible for 70 percent of Colorado’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Environmental groups call for a complete phase-out of the oil and gas industry over the next 10 years to achieve state’s climate goals DENVER — Nonprofit organization 350 Colorado released a report today outlining Colorado’s dangerous underestimation of the oil and gas industry’s contribution to the state greenhouse gas emissions.

ACTION OF THE MONTH: Stop Suncor from polluting nearby communities –Tell the Air Pollution Control Division to deny their permit! Take Action NY Divests Its Pension Fund from Fossil Fuels New York state’s decision to divest its pension fund from fossil fuels is unprecedented, and paves the way for other states, such as Colorado, to do the same.

Written by Marie Venner It’s 2021 and we’ve yet to see the big decarbonization turnarounds we need to enable system-wide change and to put us on the path to climate safety for our state. Our ambient atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) was up to 418 ppm (parts per million) this year, even at the remote Mauna Loa observatory.