What is Prop 137? ... Visit yesonprop137.com ... Colorado just experienced its worst snowpack on record. The impacts of record-breaking drought are straining our water supplies and worsening our Wildfire risk. On top of that, approximately 80% of the state's land lacks permanent protection and could be lost to development. Forest and Wildfire scientists estimate that Colorado needs up to 200 million more every year to limit the risks of catastrophic Wildfire, conserve Clean Wa...
Oct 16
20 min
Catastrophic wildfires have been one of the main headlines of the summer. Every year millions of dollars are spent fighting wildfires in the West. Across our region, from Colorado to Utah, fires have burned through communities and watersheds. Social media is littered with videos of the tragic impacts on landscapes and homes. After a fire is contained, communities face another challenge: rebuilding post fire. While rebuilding structures and roads is an obvious challenge, there ar...
Sep 23
20 min
It’s hard not to be aware of the drought in the west this summer. If you've been following along, you probably know that the Colorado River is in a lot of trouble. The river is bankrupt. It already does not have enough water to meet demands. And we’re about to overdraw our account– with devastating consequences. Without decisive action to save water, the river system could collapse after just one more dry year. A system collapse means that the West has drained its a...
Aug 14
16 min
This podcast is available in a video format. Find that here: Cars have gotten safer in the last 50 years. Auto manufacturers and government regulators have spent a lot of time working on making it safer to drive. But the best way to be safe in a car is to not crash in the first place. In Colorado, there are thousands of vehicle collisions with wildlife every year. Roads fragment habitat and migration patterns, forcing wildlife to try to get across busy highways — often resulting in tr...
Jul 30
20 min
If you live in the West, you've experienced the impacts of wildfire. In the last few decades, as the effects of climate change, unhealthy forests, and a drier west merge together, catastrophic wildfires have become a significant part of our lives. Communities across the West are threatened by massive, out-of-control wildfires. We're seeing wildfires outside of what we used to consider “wildfire season,” and those fires are burning hotter, faster, and longer than they used to. Head...
Jun 5
20 min
Running Up For Air – Why These Runners Ran Until They Couldn’t In the West, we are on the front lines of air pollution. Major western cities like Denver, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, and Reno regularly rank among the worst in the entire country for particle and ozone pollution. The people who live in our region are noticing. The Running Up for Air race series is an event that challenges participants to put their fitness endurance to the test in the name of air quality. The event began on G...
Apr 8
21 min
Clean Energy Expert Debunks Clean Coal In a legally dubious 202c order, the federal government forced the broken, dirty, and unreliable coal power plant to stay open past its planned closure. The craziest part? The plant is currently broken and would need to be fixed – costing millions of dollars. It's the latest in the confusing effort from the administration to keep coal power plants online despite the abundance of evidence that there are more efficient, reliable, and cost-effective...
Feb 27
13 min
Just two days before the new year residents of Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Wyoming woke up to an unpleasant surprise. The Craig One power station in Northwest Colorado had been forced to remain open by the Trump administration. The Administration used an unusual and legally shaky 202c order to force the plant to stay open. It was the latest in a series of similar orders forcing old, dirty, and often unreliable coal power plants to stay on the grid. Not only do coal power p...
Jan 30
8 min
Nevada is in crisis. Rising utility bills have - in the most extreme cases - climbed to over $1,000 a month. Meanwhile, the state is losing ground on emissions reduction goals, which is driving pollution and worsening health outcomes for Nevadans. As temperatures climb higher and higher, air conditioning in the heat of summer becomes the difference between life and death. As the state warms and drought worsens, bigger and more catastrophic wildfires plague the landscape and threat...
Dec 19, 2025
37 min
While the recent rollbacks of national climate policy and backtracking of hard-fought wins are especially concerning - they aren't the whole story. there is another key venue where wins are happening. The states. States and local governments have the power to set energy regulations, emissions reduction goals, and fund critical clean infrastructure and transportation. They can protect land and water and make critical decisions about how to leverage funds to protect the envir...
Dec 5, 2025
14 min
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