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September 12, 2024
Headwaters Group - Upcoming Local Conservation Events
The Headwaters Group is hosting a weekly plastic recycling kick-off on August 21st at 2:30 pm at Summit High School. Volunteers will assist in collecting, sorting, and delivering plastic...
Contact Your State Senator and Representative About These Bills in April, 2024
April 4, 2024
Three bills are working their way through the legislative session that address air pollution from oil and gas operations. They are SB24-165: Air Quality Improvements, SB24-166: Air Quality Enforcement, and HB24-1330, Air Quality Permitting. Please...
That Unholy Alliance between Economic Growth and Carbon Dioxide Emissions
August 10, 2023
And why there's more than nothing we can do about it.
, TONY POVILITIS, AUG 8, 2023
Historically, worldwide CO2 emissions have gone up each and every year unless there's a major crisis that puts a dent in global economic growth. So...
Relax, Nobody's Panicking
June 22, 2023
Yesterday, I walked into my spouse’s room and knocked on the door. He looked up. “I just wanted to let you know, we’ll probably run out of antibiotics this year.” He closed his eyes and took a deep breath...
Beyond Hope
February 5, 2023
[Most] environmentalists are fighting desperately, using whatever tools they have — or rather whatever legal tools they have, which means whatever tools those in power grant them the right to use, which means whatever tools will be ultimately...
Conservationists hail scientists’ western rewilding blueprint as “a major call to action” to the Biden Administration
August 9, 2022
HAILEY, ID – Conservationists today hailed a new scientific study that identifies an ambitious network of protected areas, with wolf and beaver restoration as a centerpiece, as a sound strategy for restoring native ecosystems and wildlife diversity...
Unraveling
May 12, 2022
Terry Tempest Williams searches for what is revealed when worlds unravel, tracing the entangled nature of undoing and becoming.
Headwaters Group Notification
May 1, 2022
By Kent Abernethy, Chapter Chair of the Sierra Club, February 22, 2022
On February 24th the National Board of Directors will meet to decide the fate of the Colorado Chapter Executive Committee. I am resigning today before the National...
Election Results
April 28, 2022
The five candidates elected:
Votes received
Percent of votes
Cynthia Hoyle
28,865
11.52%
Cheyenne Skye Branscum
34,187
13.64%
Allison Chin
34,...
Why do we tolerate the massive environmental impacts of the very rich?
November 14, 2021
Why do we tolerate the massive environmental impacts of the very rich?
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 10th November 2021
Most of our dysfunctions are caused by pandering to the rich. The way governments have allowed...