Colorado lawmakers are leading the way on climate action with HB 1261. This law will help save our planet for future generations, but only if Colorado’s Air Quality Change Commission adopts bold climate rules—as the federal government will do when I’m president. https://t.co/Qmt8YEyoQD
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Colorado Voters Care About Climate Change. This Is Where The 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates Stand
After decades of increasingly dire warnings from scientists, climate change is on the minds of Colorado voters as a top issue in a U.S. presidential election.
Questions are on drilling on public lands, fracking, money in politics. #copolitics (Warren says she will stop drilling on public lands and opposes fracking.)
Where do the remaining Democrats stand on the environment?
A look at where the candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination stand on climate change, the environment and public lands.
Klobuchar in Colorado
“I’m not in favor of energy development on public lands with drilling and the like. You have to look at every case and say does this make sense for the local area … We want to have spaces where people can go. We want to have spaces that aren’t filled with buildings otherwise we’ll lose … Continue reading "https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/next/klobuchar-president-colorado-next-kyle-clark-ice-prisons/73-3213c95d-98ee-4653-812d-25e83b803ed3"
Bernie Sanders in Denver says as human beings we have a “moral” responsibility to take care of the planet and address climate change
Sanders in Colorado
Sen @BernieSanders wants to ban fracking in 2025. 90k Coloradans work in traditional energy. “Those workers are not my enemy,” Sanders said. He wants the US to spend billions to provide fossil fuel workers with five yrs of income, job training, and health care. #9News #copolitics
Editorial: Elizabeth Warren for president
Her support for the Green New Deal and former presidential candidate Gov. Jay Inslee’s climate plan. “Washington refuses to lift a finger without permission from the fossil fuel industry. That’s dangerous and it’s wrong. We need a government that makes different choices — a government that will stop handing out enormous tax giveaways to big … Continue reading "https://www.csindy.com/coloradosprings/editorial-elizabeth-warren-for-president/Content?oid=21260019"
Bloomberg Campaign in Colorado
Sam Waterston, an actor from the TV series Law & Order, was the main speaker at the grand opening of Bloomberg’s new office in downtown Colorado Springs. Waterston said the biggest issue that Bloomberg will focus on is climate change. “Mike Bloomberg showed us how it’s done, how a city can prosper and become fairer … Continue reading "https://www.koaa.com/news/covering-colorado/democrats-campaign-in-colorado-ahead-of-super-tuesday"
Opinion: Bloomberg is America’s best hope on climate change
We know we need a change. Mike Bloomberg is the person who can deliver on that change and bring sanity and action back to the White House.
Addressing Climate Change is Top Issue For Democratic Primary Voters in Colorado, Michigan, & Wisconsin
New polling conducted by Andrew Baumann of Global Strategy Group of Democratic primary voters in all three states which found that addressing climate change is a defining policy position in how voters will choose their presidential candidate – tied at the top of the list along with health care across the board. Read more »
Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg said Wednesday in Denver that the scale of the country’s challenges surrounding gun violence, climate change and economic inequality cried out for widescal…
Steyer in Colorado
On his “Green New Deal” for climate change: “Mine is very different from the way that Bernie Sanders, for instance, describes it. But I have what I believe is the most effective, impactful version of the Green New Deal … if we get environmental justice right, we’ll get climate right. So I actually call my … Continue reading "https://www.cpr.org/2019/12/30/someone-has-got-to-tell-the-truth-to-the-american-people-and-presidential-candidate-tom-steyer-says-hes-the-guy/"
Sanders in Colorado
Another message from Sanders, about the need to take bold action on climate change, especially resonated with Amy Davis, a mother from Castle Rock. “I’m here basically for my children’s future,” Davis said. “I’m almost 50, so it won’t affect me as much as them.”