Tag: environment
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Colorado Springs Utilities CEO: Governor’s carbon reduction plan may be too much, too soon
In 2021, Gov. Jared Polis released a long-range plan to make Colorado more environmentally friendly by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Titled the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Roadmap, the plan called for the state’s electric utilities — which generated the majority of fossil-based emissions in Colorado — to reduce greenhouse gas pollution at least 80% by 2030.…
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Q&A with state Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis on banning new oil and gas drilling by 2030
The Denver Gazette interviewed state Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis, D-Boulder, regarding her sponsorship of Senate Bill 24-159, which proposes to ban all new oil and gas drilling by 2030. The bill would not shut down existing wells but would prevent drilling activities to increase production in existing wells. It also extends liability for cleanup of…
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Nearly finalized New Blue River agreement to provide more water for Colorado Springs
An agreement is nearly finalized that will provide more water for Colorado Springs and increase water storage on Colorado’s Western Slope. If approved by all seven subject parties, the agreement will settle about nine years of debate and allow Colorado Springs Utilities to expand its Montgomery Reservoir in Park County, between Alma and Hoosier Pass,…
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Fountain Valley School food rescue program serves community while preventing food waste
For the past few years, students and faculty members at Fountain Valley School have been involved in a weekly effort to reduce the school’s environmental footprint, help serve the surrounding community, and combat food waste. The Food Rescue Program, which repurposes unused food and delivers it to a nearby food bank each Thursday, was the…
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Tipping Point: A Call for Change on the Colorado
One hundred years of the Colorado River Compact — the agreement that divides 15 million acre feet of water each year among the seven states of the Colorado River basin and Mexico — has wrecked on the shoals of climate change and 22 years of drought. It doesn’t work anymore. What happens when the law…
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Tipping Point: Fire on the Colorado River watershed
Historic drought and low-runoff conditions have impacted the Colorado River Basin for several decades, robbing the area of moisture and priming the land for wildfires. In October of 2020, the East Troublesome spread through Grand County, devastating the drought-stricken terrain with a speed and ferocity no one in Colorado had seen before. As the fire grew,…
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NEWS | Wildfire prevention with Four Mile Fire Protection District
Fire chief Jay Teague discusses the wildfire preventative measures for the Four Mile Fire Protection District. (Video by Skyler Ballard and Katie Klann)
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College grad from Colorado Springs helps develop nonviolent video game for kids
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A recent college graduate from Colorado Springs, Sam Celeste, helped launched a nonviolent video game that aims to teach kids about conservation, the environment and caring for wildlife. Celeste and his girlfriend, Michelle Olson, teamed up during their final year at the University of Southern California…
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College grad from Colorado Springs helps develop nonviolent video game for kids
A recent college graduate from Colorado Springs, Sam Celeste, helped launched a nonviolent video game that aims to teach kids about conservation, the environment and caring for wildlife. Celeste and his girlfriend, Michelle Olson, teamed up during their final year at the University of Southern California to bring Olson’s vision of a game with mythical creatures…