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Do not let polluters sabotage our climate future
Developing solar power to facilitate more fracked gas production, as a recently reported project on the Western Slope will do, is not a gain for climate. This is so even if the connected utility can claim climate points (as it intends to do) toward meeting Colorado’s greenhouse gas reduction goals. In fact the International Energy […]
Time is ripe for rural climate action
There is no better time to invest in rural Colorado and in climate action. The best science is telling us that the window is still slamming shut for staving off significantly worse effects from climate change. Congress might be focused on the debt limit and spending cuts, but we should not be distracted by the […]
Infrastructure can help unite urban and rural frontline communities
A column recently ran in the Daily Yonder, an online newspaper covering rural issues, piqued my interest. The premise was that struggling rural places should find common cause with other disaffected communities. With the challenges we face, rural Americans should see value connecting with others who are also often marginalized. Rather than separated by a […]