Featured

A protest outside of the WEA Gala
Featured

‘Code Red’ Rally Calls Out Western Energy Alliance

‘Code Red’ Rally  Calls Out Western Energy Alliance and Oil & Gas Industry for Years of Lies Protest highlights damaging misinformation to deceive the public while knowingly destroying the climate DENVER, CO, November 8, 2021 – This past Saturday, concerned community members from across the Front Range gathered outside the Hyatt Regency to protest Western

Read More »
Featured

The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Disinformation Playbook

Over the past decade the oil and gas industry has used deceptive tactics to exert outsized political control in Colorado, a corporate strategy that deeply threatens communities’ health and safety in the state.   Reade more here.   Stay up-to-date with Colorado Rising.

Read More »
Forest Fire
Featured

CO Environmentalists React to U.N. Climate Change Report

The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report Monday revealing, once again, the dire state of the climate crisis. Joe Salazar, executive director of the environmental advocacy group Colorado Rising and former state House representative, was filled with familiar feelings of dread and anger when he read it. “Reading the report,

Read More »
Featured

To Governor Jared Polis

May 17, 2021 Colorado Governor’s Office c/o David Oppenheim Attn: Governor Jared S. Polis 200 E. Colfax, Rm. 136 Denver, CO 80203 Re: SB 200 Governor Polis: Please allow this letter to express our appreciation for your decision to come back to the negotiating table on SB 21-200. As a SB 21-200 coalition members, and

Read More »
blog-featured-image
Featured

“Climate Champion” Governor Announces He Will Veto Climate Change Bill SB-200

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2021 Contact: Joe Salazar 303.895.7044 joe@corising.org “Climate Champion” Governor Announces He Will Veto Climate Change Bill SB-200 Governor Jared Polis Fails to Deliver on His Renewables and Climate Campaign Promises DENVER, CO, April 29, 2021 – Governor Jared Polis announced to a conservative newspaper that he will veto SB- 200,

Read More »
blog-featured-image
Featured

Coloradans Endangered by State Pollution Control Manager’s “At All Costs” Permit Approvals

Coloradans Endangered by State Pollution Control Manager’s “At All Costs” Permit Approvals Colorado Rising Calls on Attorney General to Conduct Independent Investigation Into the Air Pollution Control Divison’s Unlawful Actions While Putting the Public at Risk for Years DENVER, CO, April 2nd, 2021 – In a complaint recently filed by whistleblowers to the U.S. Environmental

Read More »