Climate in Colorado

Department of the Interior officials attended a community meeting Friday to gather feedback on the proposal to designate Chuckwalla National Monument, signaling that the administration is interested in moving forward with a monument designation. Attendees included BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning and Acting Deputy Interior Secretary Laura Daniel-Davis. An estimated 700 people attended the meeting, and […]

Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen and House Speaker Ben Toma are urging the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a decision by a trial judge to maintain protections for hundreds of thousands of acres in Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Utah. The August ruling was in response to lawsuits aimed at nullifying President Joe Biden’s […]

Kate and Aaron run down the surprise climate legislation unveiled last night and talk about what it means for public lands, as well as whether or not the package can actually make it to President Biden’s desk. Then, Evergreen Action‘s chief of staff Lena Moffitt joins Kate and Aaron to talk about what President Biden […]

As Colorado Governor Jared Polis signs and vetoes climate and energy-related bills from the 2022 legislative session, one thing becomes obvious about the state’s climate future: It’s complicated.

A conversation with Luis Benitez, director of the Colorado Outdoor Recreation Industry Office. Links mentioned in the show: Headwaters Economics, Federal Lands in the West: Liability or Asset? The history of “This Land is Your Land“