Possible New Car Fee In Boulder Would Go Toward Climate Change Fight
BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – City councilors in Boulder say drivers could be paying more in car fees in order for the city to combat climate change. Council members set a goal in 2016 to reduce greenhouse...
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Climate Advocacy Group Touring Campuses, Sharing New Film
By Jeff Todd GOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4) – A Colorado advocacy group is hoping to bring out more votes through snowboarding. Jake Black (credit: CBS) “Our mission is to help everybody who loves the outdoors...
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Wondering How Can It Be So Cold If There’s Global Warming?
(CNN) — It happens every winter. The first significant cold snap of the season hits and somebody, like, um, the President of the United States, wonders what happened to global warming. “In the...
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‘Adults Procrastinated On Lives’: Teen Pushes To Help Stop Climate Change
DENVER (CBS4) — Most Fridays you’ll find 12-year-old Haven Coleman on the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol, striking to help stop climate change. (CBS) “I know that we don’t have any real legal...
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Hickenlooper: ‘The Green New Deal Sets Us Up For Failure’
DENVER (CBS4) — Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper is the first 2020 Democratic candidate to oppose the Green New Deal. The resolution calls for a “10-year national mobilization” on the scale...
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Hickenlooper Defends His Disapproval Of Green New Deal, Touts Record On...
(CNN) — Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper isn’t running away from his record on climate change. In fact, the 2020 candidate is so stridently standing by his record that he told CNN that he insists...
View ArticleStudy: Man-Made Global Warming To Cause 95 Percent Of Very Hot Days By 2050
WASHINGTON (AP) — If you find yourself sweating out a day that is monstrously hot, chances are you can blame humanity. A new report links three out of four such days to man’s effects on climate. And as...
View ArticleNOAA: $9M For Projects To Mitigate Climate Change Threats
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is offering $9 million in grants to help coastal communities deal with extreme weather, changing ocean conditions and climate...
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Bill Nye: ‘The Planet Is On ******* Fire’
(CNN) — Bill Nye wants to remind you of the seriousness of global warming and he’s not mincing words. The well known science commentator appeared on “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” on Sunday and...
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2020 Hopeful Bennet Proposes $1 Trillion Climate Change Fund
DENVER (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bennet said Monday he wants to commit $1 trillion for underwriting research and projects to address climate change, set aside about one-third of...
View ArticleJoe Biden’s $5 Trillion Climate Plan Targets Net-Zero Emissions By 2050
(AP) – Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is pitching a $5 trillion-plus climate proposal that he says would lead the U.S. to net zero emission of carbon pollution by 2050. The former vice...
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May’s Extreme, Persistent Weather Linked To Changing Jet Stream Pattern
DENVER (CBS4) – June is here and Colorado is finally warming up after a long stretch of cool and wet weather that covered much of the west. As we shivered and shoveled snow in Denver a heatwave gripped...
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Rep. Joe Neguse Leads Congressional Climate Crisis Hearing In Boulder
BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)– Congressman Joe Neguse will lead a congressional committee hearing in Colorado to discuss the climate crisis. The Democrat will lead the hearing titled “Colorado’s Road Map for...
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2019 Will End Warmest Decade Of September Weather Ever Observed In Denver
DENVER (CBS4) – If you’ve been in Colorado for any length of time then you know that September doesn’t feel like it used to, at least not in recent years. The ninth month is known for mild days, cool...
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Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Is Coming To Denver On Friday
DENVER (CBS4) – Greta Thunberg, a young girl who caught international headlines after sailing across the Atlantic in a zero-emission sailboat and addressing the U.N. General Assembly, will be in...
View ArticleUniversity Of Colorado Study Finds Global Warming Will Increase Violent Crime...
BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder have published a new study linking climate change to an increase in crime. The new study was published Wednesday in...
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AP VoteCast: Health Care, Climate Top Issues In Colorado
DENVER (AP)– Voters in Colorado’s Democratic primary ranked health care and climate change as the most important issues facing the country, well above the economy, race relations, foreign policy and...
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Recent Extreme Colorado Weather Backs Stern Warning In U.N Climate Report
DENVER (CBS4) – The United Nations released their sixth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Monday, written by more than 230 leading scientists from around the world. It’s the first update from...
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‘It’s Real’: Colorado Climatologists Review New Climate Report
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – Climatologists at Colorado State University began reviewing a new report from the United Nations on Monday detailing the speed and impact of human-caused global warming....
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Scientists Watch Pikas Living In Colorado’s High Alpine Areas For Clues On...
(CBS4)– A noisy little critter in Colorado’s high alpine areas is getting more attention from scientists these days — not just for preservation purposes, but for the important clues it can give us...
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