Welcome to the April newsletter! This month, we celebrate Earth Day - by taking action. Make it Earth Week, or Month, by doing more than one! |
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Empower Hour: Suncor Refinery Update with Cultivando
Join Empower Our Future and Olga Gonzalez, Executive Director of Cultivando, for an update on the recently-awarded Air Quality Investigation and Research for Equity community monitoring program and the current situation at Suncor. Progress is being made!
What: Empower Hour: Suncor Update with Cultivando
When: Today, April 21, 6 pm
Where: Virtual, Register HERE
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Earth Day Picnic and March to Rally at the Federal Reserve
Join 350 Colorado and other groups tomorrow to call on Governor Polis and the Federal Reserve to end fossil fuel permitting and financing.
What: Earth Day Picnic, March, and Rally
When: Tomorrow, April 22, 12-1 pm Picnic,
1-3 pm March and Rally
Where: East Lawn of the Capital, Marching to the Federal Reserve Building
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GreenLatinos Earth Day Encuentro
Join GreenLatinos for a panel on "Sounding the Alarm on el Día de la Madre Tierra" with speakers from the Union of Concerned Scientists, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and more.
What: Earth Day Encuentro
When: Tomorrow, April 22, 11 am MDT
Where: Virtual, Register HERE
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Pull the Plug on Pueblo Unit 3
It's always a good time to close a coal plant, but now is especially good! Pueblo Unit 3 has been broken since late January and the earliest it would be back up is June; it shouldn't be back up at all. It's the most expensive electricity in Xcel's fleet and Xcel itself has said it's not needed for reliability. Two out of the three PUC commissioners don't see any reason to keep it going past 2029.
Please choose one of the groups below to write to and join nonprofits and cities across Colorado calling for Pueblo Unit 3's closure. We have attention and momentum now so let's make the most of it!
PUC (choose Public Service Company of Colorado and then 21A-0141E)
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Climate Activism:
A Quick Primer for Coloradans
Join Indivisible Colorado, former CEA board member Duncan Gilchrist, and US Senator Michael Bennett for a talk on where the major battles are being fought in Colorado, our victories, and where more work needs to be done.
What: Climate Activism: A Quick Primer for Coloradans
When: Wednesday, May 4, 6 pm
Where: Virtual, Register HERE
(The topic is Statewide Call)
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EPA Downgrades Front Range to Severe Nonattainment
As expected, the EPA has downgraded the Front Range's air quality from "serious" to "severe", which brings along with it gas formula changes and new pollution permit regulations. Read more about this topic HERE and HERE.
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State Legislative Update
We're finally getting the climate bills we've been waiting for!
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SB22-193 | Air Quality Improvement Investments - this year's signature bill, lots going on in it
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HB22-1345 | PFAS | Notification & Ban
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HB22-1348 | Oversight of Chemicals Used in Fracking
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B22-180 | Programs To Reduce Ozone Through Increased Transit
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HB22-1355 | Producer Responsibility for Recycling
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HB22-1361 | Oil And Gas Reporting
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HB22-1362 | Building GHGs Emissions
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SB22-198 | Orphaned Oil And Gas Wells Enterprise
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SB22-199 | Native Pollinating Insects Protection Study
Read more about them and others HERE.
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What We Are Reading
Platte River Power Authority Creates New Division for Transition and Integration
The division is focused on PRPA's Resource Diversification Policy, which identifies a goal of 100% non-carbon electricity by 2030. Read more HERE.
This is Why Microgrids Are Becoming Popular
Power production costs are going down but delivery costs are going up. Guess which one is still under the most control by monopoly utilities? Find out more HERE.
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Two Nonprofits Provide Solar Microgrids to Ukraine
Footprint Project, which we've reported about for other disaster recovery events, and New Use Energy, which often supplies Footprint Project, have been shipping portable solar microgrids to Ukraine. Full story HERE.
What a Fair Climate Target Looks Like for the US,
the Largest Historical Carbon Emitter
President Biden is soon to announce a recommitment to climate action along with a new 2030 emission reduction goal. While a 50% reduction target is expected and within reach, many groups argue the US is on the hook for a 195% reduction by 2030. Read more HERE.
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Happy Earth Day!
- The Clean Energy Action Team
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