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30x30 Fact vs. Fiction: Pulling back the curtain on misinformation
30x30 Fact vs. Fiction: Pulling back the curtain on misinformation
The Biden administration has established a goal to conserve 30% of the nation’s lands and waters by 2030 for the benefit of all Americans…
Tyler McIntosh
Jun 15
Jason Swann on Social Justice, Environmental Stewardship, and the Power to Heal
Jason Swann on Social Justice, Environmental Stewardship, and the Power to Heal
The following transcript has been lightly edited for clarity.
Hannah Rider
May 27
Protecting America’s Iconic Places
Protecting America’s Iconic Places
How national monuments can conserve our natural heritage and 30% of our lands and waters
Hannah Rider
May 26
Oil industry continues to cry wolf while racking up profits
Oil industry continues to cry wolf while racking up profits
While attacking temporary pause on public lands leases, companies tout significant 1st quarter gains
Jesse Prentice-Dunn
May 18
Debunking the oil industry’s false claims on Biden’s leasing reform
Debunking the oil industry’s false claims on Biden’s leasing reform
Recent Interior Department forum featured misleading statements from lobbyists, executives
Jesse Prentice-Dunn
Apr 26
The Western Road to 30
The Western Road to 30
How Western states are contributing to the bold campaign to protect 30% of America by 2030
Hannah Rider
Apr 22
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No time to waste in restoring our national monuments
No time to waste in restoring our national monuments
Visit from Secretary Haaland showed strong support for protecting Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante
Jesse Prentice-Dunn
Apr 12
Happy Haynes on the unique conservation role of Denver’s mountain and urban parks system
Happy Haynes on the unique conservation role of Denver’s mountain and urban parks system
Highlights from CWP’s “The Landscape” podcast interview with the director of Denver’s Parks and Recreation Department
Lauren Bogard
Apr 9
The Mountain West’s top oil and gas-producing states had an average of 6 spills per day in 2020
The Mountain West’s top oil and gas-producing states had an average of 6 spills per day in 2020
Data shows decline in number of spills, but skyrocketing methane emissions in New Mexico
Hannah Rider
Mar 9
The oil industry is doing fine with a pause on oil leasing — just ask their CEOs
The oil industry is doing fine with a pause on oil leasing — just ask their CEOs
There’s just one problem with dire predictions from API and friends: oil executives say they’re nonsense
Aaron Weiss
Mar 4
It’s time for President Biden to restore our national monuments
It’s time for President Biden to restore our national monuments
Protecting Bears Ears and Grand Staircase is enormously popular, even in Utah
Jesse Prentice-Dunn
Mar 2
Western voters say “go big” on protecting public lands, conserving nature, and tackling climate…
Western voters say “go big” on protecting public lands, conserving nature, and tackling climate…
Key findings from Colorado College’s 2021 Conservation in the West Poll
Hannah Rider
Feb 23
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