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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
April 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM

Tell your U.S. representative: Keep public land in public hands

Environment Colorado Our public lands are treasures -- this bipartisan bill would ensure they're protected for generations to come.John,Every year, millions of Americans turn to the country's public lands for tranquility, adventure or the simple pleasure of being out in nature.But some are …
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
April 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM

Your support makes all the difference

Environment Colorado All of our environmental action is fueled by you.John,Since 1970, Americans have come together each April 22 to advocate for clean air, water and land for all. And thanks to your support during our Earth Day 2025 Drive, we'll be able to pursue these goals with renewed v…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
April 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM

5 hours left: Help save forests from logging

Environment Colorado Our forests aren't tree farms.John, our forests haven't been this threatened in decades.The logging industry wants to treat our public forests like tree farms. More than half of our national forest land is in danger of a sharp increase in logging.1Our forests aren't tre…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
April 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM

This Earth Day, take a stand against logging

Environment Colorado Our planet's largest intact forest is being logged.John,Our largest intact forest is being destroyed, and with it, the homes of billions of birds and wild animals.1The boreal forest encircles our planet like a crown of evergreen trees. But this forest crown is getting c…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
April 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM

Be a guardian for our forests

Environment Colorado This is it! The final day of our Earth Day 2025 Drive and we're so close to meeting our goal. Match: Up to $50,000 nationwideDeadline: Midnight tonightGive this Earth Day to be a guardian for the forests, and your gift will be automatically matched.MATCH MY GIFT John,Th…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
April 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM

Midnight deadline: Twice the impact for the boreal forest

Environment Colorado What would you choose -- dense swaths of trees or slightly softer toilet paper?John,Towering, dense swaths of trees -- or torn earth and tree stumps?Lush, flourishing wildlife habitat -- or a new logging road?Our planet's largest intact forest -- or slightly softer toil…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
April 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM

These ancient trees could be lost

Environment Colorado The next generation of giant trees are already alive in the Tongass.John,Alaska's Tongass National Forest is one of the few places left in the country where you can take shelter beneath Sitka spruce and western redcedars that are 600, 800, or even 1,000 years old.1But t…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
April 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM

Hundreds of millions of bees are dead

Environment Colorado One of the best ways to help both bees is to get rid of the worst bee-killing pesticides.John,Honeybees just experienced one of the deadliest winters yet, and wild bees are seeing devastating losses at the same time.Over the last eight months, hundreds of millions of ho…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
April 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM

Forests like the Pike and San Isabel National Forests could be logged

Environment Colorado Your gift to help save our forests will be automatically matched, up to $50,000 nationwide.John,From the Pike and San Isabel National Forests to the Tongass National Forest, our mature and old-growth forests are on the chopping block. Up to 112 million acres of national…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
April 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM

Trees are being ripped from the earth

Environment Colorado Thousands of acres of mature and old-growth trees are slated for clearcutting.John,Chainsaws tearing through a 100-year-old tree.Tree trunks slammed down with bulldozers.Vast stands of old-growth toppled in minutes.These are the logging practices chopping down our oldes…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
April 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM

You don't "fix" a forest by cutting it down

Environment Colorado Legislation was just introduced in the U.S. Senate to fast-track the reckless logging of our publicly owned forests.John,Legislation was just introduced in the U.S. Senate to fast-track a wave of reckless logging projects and put millions of acres of forests at risk. An…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
April 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM

This is the woodland caribou's only home, and it's being cut down.

Environment Colorado The only home these caribou know is being torn apart for toilet paper and 2x4s.John,For thousands of years, woodland caribou have found refuge beneath the trees of the boreal forest.But this once tranquil forest now reverberates with the whirs of chainsaws as the timber…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
April 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM

We believe bees are worth saving. Are you with us?

Environment Colorado Dozens of bees, butterflies and other pollinators are flying toward extinction.John,No buzzes. No chirps. No gasp of wonder at the sight of a butterfly.That could be our reality if we let bees, butterflies and birds go extinct. More than 75 different species of pollinat…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
April 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM

These 3 national forests could be logged

Environment Colorado Logging could destroy our towering mature and old-growth trees.John,Our national forests are on the chopping block. Trees that have stood tall for decades or even centuries could be logged.Dozens of our longest-standing forests are at risk from increased logging and min…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
April 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM

Tell Costco to protect the boreal forest

Environment Colorado A tree that stood for 100 years can be flushed down the toilet in a few seconds.John,One flush at a time, we're losing the North American boreal forest.We shouldn't chop down intact forests to make slightly softer toilet paper.Costco can help protect the boreal forest b…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
April 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM

100 years of growth flushed down the toilet in a second

Environment Colorado Toilet paper is being made out of trees from boreal forest. Earth Day 2025 DriveGoal: $75,000Deadline: Midnight, April 22We can't let logging tear down our forests. Will you donate to be a guardian for the trees?GIVE TODAY John,The North American boreal forest is the la…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
April 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM

What does a 100-year-old tree have to do with your drinking water?

Environment Colorado Old-growth forests are on the chopping block. Here's one more reason they're worth protecting.John,Next time you take a sip of clean water, you might want to thank a tree.Forests -- especially ones that have remained undisturbed for decades -- are intricately connected …
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
April 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM

Tell Costco: Don't flush the boreal forest

Environment Colorado It's simple. We have to stop chopping down hundred-year-old trees for slightly softer toilet paper.John,Towering trees that have been on this planet for hundreds of years......flushed down the toilet in a single moment.In the time it takes you to brush your teeth tonigh…
  Environment America Research & Policy Center · [email protected]
April 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM

Volunteer for the International Plastic Pellet Count

Environment America Research & Policy Center On May 3, we're helping organize a day of action to find plastic pellet pollution. You can take action in your own community in as little as 10 minutes.John,Most plastic is made from tiny plastic pellets. These tiny plastic nurdles are often s…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
April 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM

Take action: Public land should be pollinator-friendly

Environment Colorado Tell your representative to support the bipartisan Building Native Habitats Act.John,Our world is about to transform. Buds will appear on trees, wildflowers will freckle our hillsides, and furry critters will yawn out of their hibernations.Can you imagine that springtim…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
April 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM

Tell Congress: Protect our beaches from sewage

Environment Colorado Nobody should swim in poopy water.John,Beaches and sewage should never go together. Yet our national research partners have found unsafe levels of fecal bacteria in more than half of the more than 3,000 coastal and great lakes beaches that were tested.1Fecal contaminati…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
April 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM

Tell Congress: Wildlife can't survive without safe passages

Environment Colorado Safe corridors help wildlife find habitat, food or even companionship.John,Long ago, the North American wilderness was vast. Bison numbered in the millions across the Great Plains, and mountain lions ranged from the Pacific to the Atlantic.But times have changed. Today,…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
March 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM

Tell Trader Joe's: Use less plastic packaging

Environment Colorado An estimated 8 million tons of plastic waste end up in our oceans each year.John,At Trader Joe's, bags of carrots, bunches of broccoli and tubs of mushrooms are shrink wrapped in plastic. These thin plastic films are nearly impossible to recycle.When it enters our envir…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
March 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM

Tell your U.S. representative: Don't allow mining near the Boundary Waters

Environment Colorado The Boundary Waters is one of the country's most immaculate and beloved wilderness areas. A proposed copper mine could expose it to toxic pollution.John,If you ever wonder whether people and wildlife can peacefully coexist, take a look at Minnesota's Boundary Waters Can…
  Environment America · [email protected]
March 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM

3 days left: Tell the Forest Service not to triple logging in these forests

Environment America The fate of 17 national forests hangs in the balance, and we only have until March 17 to weigh in on the pro-logging plan.Have you made your voice heard for our forests, John?A new plan could allow three times as much logging in our forests. And we only have until Monday …
  Environment America · [email protected]
March 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM

Tell the Forest Service: Don't triple logging in these forests

Environment America This plan could triple logging in national forests across the Northwestern United States.John,A new proposal could expand logging to 800,000 acres of our forests.From Oregon's Willamette National Forest to California's Klamath National Forest, our mature and old-growth fo…
  Environment America · [email protected]
March 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM

Your signature can help save manatees from starvation

Environment America It's the coldest time of year. Will Florida manatees be left to freeze and starve as the seagrass they depend on for survival fails to thrive?John,It's the coldest time of year. Will Florida manatees be left to freeze and starve as the seagrass they depend on for survival…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
February 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM

Tell Coca-Cola: Keep your plastic commitments

Environment Colorado Coca-Cola is weakening its commitment to reduce plastic waste. That could lead to even more plastic in our oceans.John,We think of plastic bottles as temporary objects, but the truth is, they last longer than us.Every bit of plastic that ends up in the ocean can persist…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
February 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Your voice can help save forests from destruction

Environment Colorado Call on your U.S. senators to oppose the so-called "Fix our Forests" Act and protect our forests from accelerated logging.There's still time for us to stop the rapid acceleration of logging on millions of acres of federal land, but your U.S. senators need to hear from y…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
February 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM

Tell Walmart: Don't stock toilet paper that destroys forests

Environment Colorado The North American boreal forest is the largest remaining intact forest on Earth, but it won't stay that way for long if logging keeps destroying a football field's worth of trees every minute.John,You can buy almost anything at Walmart, but a healthy forest ecosystem i…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
February 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM

Tell Coca-Cola: Honor your plastic reduction pledge

Environment Colorado Add your name: Tell the world's biggest plastic polluter to honor its commitment to reduce plastic waste.John,Nothing beats the convenience of single-use plastic.But the more we learn, the more we see that convenience comes at a steep price for the places and wildlife w…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
February 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM

Tell your U.S. senators: This bill won't fix our forests

Environment Colorado The so-called "Fix Our Forests" Act will open the door to logging on millions of acres of federal land.John,The so-called "Fix Our Forests" Act will open the door to logging on millions of acres of federal land.If this misleadingly-named bill becomes law, it will immedi…
  Environment America · [email protected]
January 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM

Urgent action needed: Stop this tree-killing bill

Environment America The so-called "Fix our Forests" Act will open the floodgates for unwarranted logging.John,The House of Representatives is voting on the so-called "Fix Our Forests" Act as soon as this week.Despite its name, this bill is bad news for our forests. It will open the floodgate…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
January 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM

Action needed: We have a chance to save this bumblebee

Environment Colorado Because of bee-killing pesticides, the rusty patched bumblebee is on the verge of extinction. But we have an amazing opportunity to save them.John,When the rusty patched bumblebee was added to the endangered species list in 2017, it was a wake-up call.1 Bee-killing pest…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
January 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM

6 hours left: Keep bees buzzing

Environment Colorado Everywhere we look, bees are dying off.You only have a few more hours to double your impact for the bees, John.Here's why your support is so important: Everywhere we look, bees are dying off. The American bumblebee has completely vanished in 8 states.1 The rusty-patched…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
December 31, 2024 at 10:40 PM

Bees are worth saving

Environment Colorado Today, your donation goes even further for the bees.John,Bees are amazing creatures -- they're intelligent, great communicators and do an amazing job pollinating beautiful flowers and delicious foods.Bees are worth saving. That's why we're so hard at work to end the wor…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
December 31, 2024 at 7:50 PM

Review your Environment Colorado member record

Environment Colorado Don't miss this chance to have double the impact for pollinators.John,Our midnight deadline is right around the corner -- and our records show you haven't donated yet, John. There's still time to help us protect pollinators and fuel another year of vital conservation wo…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
December 30, 2024 at 2:39 PM

Your year-end gift for the bees matched

Environment Colorado Make a year-end donation to help save the bees, and your gift will be automatically matched. Match: Up to $100,000 nationwideDeadline: Midnight, Dec. 31Make a year-end donation to help save the bees, and your gift will be automatically matched.MATCH MY GIFT John,The sur…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
December 29, 2024 at 9:31 PM

Will you join our hive to help save the bees?

Environment Colorado With a little support from you and thousands of others, we can continue our efforts to restore bee-friendly habitat, restrict the worst uses of bee-killing pesticides, and more.John,Seeds coated with bee-killing pesticides are widespread. At least 70% of all corn, soybe…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
December 29, 2024 at 3:12 PM

Baby bees are suffering. Will you help save them?

Environment Colorado Pesticides are harming the developing brains of baby bees. Pesticides are harming the developing brains of baby bees, but Amazon continues to sell these harmful chemicals. Will you make a year-end donation to help save the baby bees?DONATE John,Baby bees have a lot in c…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
December 26, 2024 at 5:01 PM

Ancient trees are on the chopping block

Environment Colorado We've been working to protect the Tongass for more than 20 years. We aren't about to stop now.John,A great horned owl weighs down the branch of an 800-year-old Sitka Spruce tree. A Steller's jay ruffles its iridescent navy feathers before taking wing among the treetops.…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
December 23, 2024 at 4:12 PM

Amazon can't next-day ship a new species

Environment Colorado Wild bees are disappearing at a startling rate, but Amazon continues to sell bee-killing pesticides.John,Wild bees are being wiped out so fast that scientists warn that many species are now at serious risk of extinction. State wildlife action plans have identified more …
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
December 22, 2024 at 3:25 PM

These 3 forests could be logged

Environment Colorado Walk with us through three old-growth forests that need our protection.John,Living beings hundreds of years old ... chopped down in a single moment.From North Carolina to Montana, old-growth and mature forests continue to be threatened by logging and clear-cutting. Thes…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
December 21, 2024 at 5:01 PM

Tell Amazon to stop selling neonics

Environment Colorado We've already lost too many bees.John,Over the past 20 years, native bee sightings in the U.S. have decreased by as much as 56% in areas of high pesticide use.1It's absurd that most Americans can still go online and order bee-killing neonic pesticides directly to their …
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
December 19, 2024 at 3:13 PM

Three cool bees

Environment Colorado There are over 20,000 bee species, ranging from the weird to the wonderful.John,If I say the word "bee," you might imagine a honeybee. But these fuzzy yellow creatures make up a tiny fraction of the more than 20,000 bee species around the world.1Bees can be as big as yo…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
December 15, 2024 at 3:23 PM

Take action: Amazon is selling bee-killing pesticides

Environment Colorado Bees are precious -- we shouldn't be able to order their demise to our doorsteps.John,Imagine ordering deadly chemicals on the internet and getting them shipped to your door within hours, no questions asked.In the majority of U.S. states, you can. The chemicals in quest…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
December 13, 2024 at 3:21 PM

Tell the Fish & Wildlife Service: Protect monarch butterflies

Environment Colorado Each generation of monarchs is getting smaller and smaller.John,Millions of beautiful monarchs used to grace our skies, but their numbers have taken a nose-dive.1There just aren't as many monarch butterflies as there used to be.The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS)…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
December 8, 2024 at 5:11 PM

Tell Home Depot: Stop selling bee-killing pesticides

Environment Colorado Bee-killing pesticides aren't just dangerous -- bees find them irresistible.John,Neonicotinoid pesticides are deadly to bees, but that's not all.Neonics are also extremely addictive. Once a bee lands on a flower treated with neonics, it will return again and again, even…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
December 5, 2024 at 6:18 PM

Tell Home Depot: Protect the boreal forest

Environment Colorado Let's leave our wild forests standing.John,One of the biggest forests on Earth is being devoured by logging.1 Trees that stood for centuries are reduced to 2x4s and a pile of sawdust.We shouldn't be mowing down one of our planet's last intact forests for lumber.Tell Hom…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
December 4, 2024 at 1:10 AM

6 hours left: Double your impact for our forests

Environment Colorado If you stand with us now, you can have an even greater impact.John,As you read this, chainsaws and bulldozers are wiping out a stand of 40-foot tall trees somewhere.All that's left? Stumps and sawdust.But with you by our side, we can shield our forests from logging. And…