Ted Zukoski

https://coloradosun.com/2024/01/08/colorado-climate-report-2024-dry-rivers/

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Climate change making Colorado dryer, hotter in relentless assault

CSU update to comprehensive climate study projects depleted rivers, shaky snowpack, boosted wildfire threats and a baked Front Range

09:30 AM - Jan 08, 2024

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"A new study using nearly half a century of data from the provinces of Ontario & Quebec reveals that harvesting trees has inflicted severe damage on the boreal forest that will be difficult to reverse." #ClimateCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/world/canada/canada-boreal-forest-logging.html?

09:27 AM - Jan 04, 2024

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Candidates for Colorado's West Slope Congressional district have things to say about Utah's plan to put billions of gallons of oil on railcars through their communities. #UintaBasinRailway https://www.realvail.com/boebert-opponents-in-colorado-vow-to-keep-battling-utahs-uinta-basin-railwa...

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Boebert opponents in Colorado vow to keep battling Utah’s Uinta Basin Railway - Real Vail

Candidates from both major political parties looking to unseat pro-fossil-fuel and national rising-star Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert agree Utah’s Uinta Basin Railway that would dramatically increase oil-train traffic through Colorado is a bad idea, with one GOP challenger ..

04:23 PM - Dec 20, 2023

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Controversial Utah oil railroad sent ‘back to the drawing board.’

Federal appeals court rules it won't rehear decision that derailed federal agencies' approvals of plan that wd send ~5 billion gallons of crude per year along Colorado River.

11:32 AM - Dec 05, 2023

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News: ‘Out of compliance’ Utah oil facility could keep polluting during environmental review.

"I don't trust them," Utah air regulator says, which kinda says it all.

https://coloradonewsline.com/2023/11/22/utah-oil-facility-polluting/ via
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#uintabasin #oilandgas #utah #utahpol

09:27 AM - Nov 22, 2023

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The loss of bears, whales, corals & other life due to climate pollution is bad for the future of humanity too. #ActOnClimate
The Scientists Watching Their Life’s Work Disappear https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/26/magazine/extinction-species-scientists-climate-change.html?smid=n...

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The Scientists Watching Their Life’s Work Disappear - The New York Times

Some are stubborn optimists. Others struggle with despair. Their faces show the weight they carry as they witness the impact of climate change.

09:37 AM - Oct 26, 2023

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#eclipse2023 as projected through binoculars.

12:49 PM - Oct 14, 2023

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Utah's Wildcat Loadout Project: A New Colorado River Threat
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https://www.nrdc.org/bio/josh-axelrod/utahs-wildcat-loadout-project-new-colorado-river-threat

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A New Colorado River Threat

The Wildcat Loadout expansion could load 100,000 barrels of oil per day onto trains traveling beside the Colorado River and destined for Gulf Coast Refineries.

11:29 AM - Oct 14, 2023

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In response to Utah oil train proposals, Colorado rail safety bill would limit train lengths, require more trackside detectors
https://coloradonewsline.com/2023/10/09/colorado-rail-safety-bill-would-limit-train-lengths-require-...
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#colorado #railwaysafetynow

09:35 AM - Oct 09, 2023 (Edited)

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The federal Bureau of Land Management may soon OK industry's latest scheme to put a billion gallons of oil per year in railcars along the Colorado River.

https://coloradonewsline.com/2023/07/14/oil-expansion-utah-threaten-colorado-environment/ #ActOnClimate #OilandGas #utah #colorado

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Fast-tracked oil expansion plan in Utah said to threaten Colorado environment - Colorado Newsline

A proposal to expand capacity at an oil facility on federal land west of Price, Utah, has caught the attention of Colorado officials.

04:35 PM - Jul 15, 2023

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"So much harm would result from the Uinta Basin Railway ...." #utah #colorado #climate

https://www.montrosepress.com/opinion/opinion-uinta-basin-oil-trains-are-a-disaster-waiting-to-happe...

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OPINION: Uinta Basin oil trains are a disaster waiting to happen | Opinion | montrosepress.com

So much harm would result from the Uinta Basin Railway, but there’s still a chance to block its construction, and it’s not a stretch to say that lives could depend

05:24 PM - Jul 08, 2023

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Beautiful wildflowers and views today in Boulder, CO. Happy almost summer! #BoulderCO

12:56 PM - Jun 18, 2023

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During the wildfire smoke peak in NYC, 70% of asthma-related ER visits were in ZIP codes with predominantly Black & Brown residents. 60% were in areas with higher poverty rates than the city overall.

#climatechange is one of the most important health equity issues of our time.

Map of NYC showing places with most Asthma-related emergency room visits during the peak of the wildfire smoke from June 6-10, 2023

12:46 PM - Jun 14, 2023

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Colorado's Pawnee National Grassland has amazing birds and flowers in the spring. Saw burrowing owl chicks, blooming cact, and my first-ever long-tailed tadpole shrimp yesterday. Keep protecting this gem, Forest Service.

01:49 PM - Jun 11, 2023

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The Uinta Basin Railway is bad for the Colorado River and our shared climate. Will US DOT and the Biden administration help fund it anyway?

https://www.levernews.com/biden-admin-boosts-big-oils-colorado-river-scheme/

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Biden Admin Boosts Big Oil’s Colorado River Scheme

Permit approvals for oil trains came despite derailments. Now, Pete Buttigieg could subsidize the scheme with special tax breaks.

12:31 PM - May 19, 2023

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Will SecretaryPete OK million$ in subsidies for a carbon bomb bigger than the Willow Project?

Biden Admin Boosts Big Oil’s Colorado River Scheme https://levernews.com/biden-admin-boosts-big-oils-colorado-river-scheme/ #ActOnClimate #ClimateCrisis #OilandGas #colorado #utah #ColoradoRiver

12:25 PM - May 19, 2023

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Bear expert: Forest Service logging project near Yellowstone Nat'l Park jeopardizes grizzlies.

https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/guest_columnists/guest-column-timber-project-being-pl...

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Guest column: Timber project being planned near West Yellowstone jeopardizes grizzly bears | Guest Columnists | bozemandailychronicle.com

I have long been trying to wean myself off engaging with the endless onslaught of problematic government proposals affecting our wildlife and public lands, but the egregious South Plateau Landscape

09:20 AM - May 17, 2023

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Pres. Biden can protect the Grand Canyon watershed and Tribal communities & homelands from toxic uranium mining. You can help. Click on the alert below.

https://act.biologicaldiversity.org/qmku1nOJAUar7o5h4H2pYA2? #grandcanyon #mining

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Honor Tribes and Save Grand Canyon Species

The Grand Canyon watershed isn’t just a stunning recreation spot. It encompasses Indigenous sacred sites and numerous endangered species. Tell Biden to heed the call of the Grand Canyon Tribal Coalition and protect it by creating a monument now.

09:17 AM - May 12, 2023

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Is a massive oil shale project in remote eastern Utah on the outs as its Estonian owners look for a greener future?

And what does that have to do with Tater Tots? Read on.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/05/utahs-suicide-pact-with-the-fossil-fuel-industry/ #ClimateCrisis

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Utah’s Suicide Pact With the Fossil Fuel Industry – Mother Jones

The state’s fixation on oil and gas development threatens the Colorado River watershed.

09:39 AM - May 05, 2023

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The oil and gas industry is hazardous to your health. Again/still.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2023/04/28/uinta-basin-gas-company-caught/ #ActOnClimate #ClimateCrisis #utah

11:54 PM - May 03, 2023

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Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser
urges Secretary Pete to say no to the Uinta Basin oil train.

"I ask that the Department [of Transportation] reject any use of tax-exempt Private Activity Bonds—or any other source of federal funds—for this project." https://coag.gov/press-releases/4-25-23/

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Attorney General Phil Weiser opposes proposed Uinta Basin Railway in letter to USDOT - Colorado Attorney General | Colorado Attorney General

Attorney General Phil Weiser today sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation urging the department to reject the use of federal funds, or Private Activity Bonds, for the development of the proposed Uinta Basin Railway.

02:24 PM - Apr 25, 2023

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Some good news for grizzly bears!

Court Blocks Logging in Montana’s Kootenai National Forest on grounds that agencies failed to properly address harms to imperiled grizzlies https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/court-blocks-logging-in-montanas-kootenai-nati...

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Court Blocks Logging in Montana’s Kootenai National Forest - Center for Biological Diversity

Center for Biological Diversity: Project Will Harm Fragile Cabinet-Yaak Grizzly Bear Population

12:50 AM - Apr 25, 2023

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Sen. Bennet, Rep. Neguse again lead charge to protect Colorado’s air, water, & communities from Uinta Basin Railway.

Potential harms to Colorado of Utah oil train project highlighted — again — by lawmakers https://coloradonewsline.com/2023/03/29/harms-colorado-utah-oil-train-project

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Potential harms to Colorado of Utah oil train project highlighted — again — by lawmakers - Colorado Newsline

Two of Colorado’s Democratic members of Congress called on yet another federal agency to stop a proposed Utah railway.

10:47 AM - Mar 29, 2023

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Uinta Basin Railway will induce more drilling than the Willow project in Alaska; raise the risk of oil-filled railcars derailing near the Colorado Rvr & send billions of gallons/yr of crude for refining in Cancer Alley.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24032023/utah-colorado-uinta-basin-railway/

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A Proposed Utah Railway Could Quadruple Oil Production in the Uinta Basin, if Colorado Communities Don’t Derail the Project - Inside Climate News

Utah’s Uinta Basin has long been a place of economic booms and busts thanks to the region’s reliance on the oil and gas industry. Keith Heaton thinks that could change with the construction of a new rail line in the area that could drive a quadrupling of the region’s crude oil production to upwards ..

09:53 AM - Mar 25, 2023

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