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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
June 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM

Tell the Interior Department: Don't expand drilling in our oceans

Environment Colorado New drilling could ruin these ecosystems with oil rigs and potentially deadly oil spills.John,Under the bright blue waves of the ocean, dolphins play and whales sing. Turtles glide and crabs scuttle.These ocean creatures are happy and safe for now. But the Interior Depa…
  Environment America · [email protected]
June 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM

Tell Pepsi: Don't backtrack on plastic reduction

Environment America Pepsi produces too much plastic waste to be backing out of sustainable packaging commitments.John,Beaches are choked by plastic, soda bottles bobbing on the water as wrappers wash ashore in waves of trash.An estimated 5% of this plastic pollution was produced by one compa…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
June 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM

Tell our U.S. senators: Defend our forests from this attack

Environment Colorado The U.S. Senate is considering a provision that would require a massive 25% increase in logging in national forests.John,It's a sneak attack on our national forests: Tucked into the federal budget bill is a provision that would require a massive 25% increase in logging.…
  Environment America · [email protected]
June 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM

Good news: A victory for wildlife

Environment America Thanks to the support of people like you, we're securing crossings for wildlife in Oregon and beyond.John,Across the nation, motor vehicles kill a million vertebrate animals every single day.1 That's why we're working to secure more wildlife crossings to help animals get …
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
June 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM

Victory for wild bison in Colorado!

Environment Colorado Governor Polis signs bill to protect Colorado's wild bisonJohn,Thanks to your incredible support, Governor Polis has officially signed the "Protect Wild Bison" bill (SB25-053) into law. Surprisingly, Colorado law did not protect wild bison, leaving these magnificent anim…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
June 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM

Take action: Plastic kills a million sea creatures every year

Environment Colorado The world's largest food distributor has an opportunity to reduce the plastic in our oceans.John,Every 45 seconds, a garbage truck's worth of plastic waste floods into our oceans, harming marine wildlife and damaging delicate ecosystems.1Much of this waste originates fr…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
May 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM

Tell your U.S. senators: Let Americans choose clean energy

Environment Colorado Help spare clean energy tax credits from the chopping block.John,Congress could soon make it harder to go solar. Lawmakers are taking aim at tax incentives for solar panels that enable Americans to produce power on their own roofs.Millions of Americans are choosing to p…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
May 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM

Tell Ace Hardware: These trees belong in the boreal

Environment Colorado In a blink, the trees of the boreal can be felled, trucked away, stripped and sliced into 2x4s sold at your local home improvement store.John,So much life is supported by a single tree in the boreal forest.In its crown, migrating song birds build their nests, while a pi…
  Environment America · [email protected]
May 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM

3 reasons the Boundary Waters Wilderness is special

Environment America With more than 1,000 clear lakes, the Boundary Waters Wilderness is truly remarkable.John,There's no place quite like the Boundary Waters, the remote wilderness area in northern Minnesota. Tens of thousands of people come every year to enjoy the pristine waters and quiet …
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
May 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM

Take action: Another bad forest bill has entered Congress

Environment Colorado This bill won't actually "Save Our Sequoias." It would undermine the Endangered Species Act and other environmental laws.John,The forests of the southern Sierra Nevada are home to plants and animals you can find nowhere else, none more iconic than the giant sequoia.The …
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
May 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM

Tell your U.S. senators: Don't sacrifice the Arctic Refuge for oil

Environment Colorado Is a pristine, untouched wilderness the kind of place we should drill for oil?John,No cell phone service. No roads. No roaring engines. And the only trails you'll find are the tracks of wandering caribou, bears, wolverines and muskox.1The Arctic Wildlife Refuge is about…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
May 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM

Step into a bee-friendly garden

Environment Colorado Here are four things you can do to turn your yard into a pollinator paradise.John,Turn right at the sunflowers...... then left at the scruffy patch of tall grass...... keep going until you hit that tuft of goldenrod...For a bee, a springtime garden can be a complex maze…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
May 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM

Add your name to protect endangered species

Environment Colorado By changing one word, this proposal would put the lives of hundreds of endangered species in jeopardy.John,What do whooping cranes, kit foxes and Devils Hole pupfish have in common?All three of these animals, along with hundreds of other species, are alive today because…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
May 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM

Tell Amazon before May 21: Ditch the plastic packaging

Environment Colorado Before the deadline, you have a chance to help turn the tide on plastic by urging Amazon to ditch single-use plastic packaging.John,When you order something on Amazon, you shouldn't have to order handfuls of single-use plastic along with it.Amazon makes millions of deli…
  Environment America · [email protected]
May 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM

Tell your U.S. representative: Don't roll back protections for drinking water

Environment America Our water should not be flowing out of lead pipes. Period.John,Clean, safe drinking water is something most Americans take for granted. But with more than 9 million lead pipes stretching beneath our streets, safe drinking water isn't the guarantee we're led to believe it …
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
May 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM

Three threats to our forests: These bills would kill more trees

Environment Colorado From towing Douglas firs to old-growth pine trees, some of the oldest trees in America are under threat.John,Right now, Congress is considering three bad forest bills.From old-growth pine trees to towering Douglas firs, some of the oldest trees in America are under thre…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
May 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM

Tell your U.S. senators: Don't let this bad forests bill pass

Environment Colorado It's urgent that we stop this bad forests bill from moving forward.John,This anti-forests bill was just introduced in the U.S. Senate.1The so-called Fix Our Forests Act doesn't fix anything -- it puts mature and old-growth forests on millions of acres at risk of reckles…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
May 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM

Tell Trader Joe's to reduce its plastic packaging

Environment Colorado Plastic pollution keeps getting worse, putting more dolphins, turtles and other wildlife at risk of swallowing plastic every day.John,On the shelves at Trader Joe's, cucumbers, bell peppers and heads of cauliflower are wrapped up in plastic. The thin plastic film is nea…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
May 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM

Tell our governor to address plastic pellet pollution

Environment Colorado Plastic pellets are jeopardizing the health of our ecosystems. It's time something is done.John,If companies were dumping oil into rivers, lakes and oceans and doing nothing to clean it up, you'd be upset, right?Each year, trillions of plastic pellets are spilling into …
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
April 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM

These conservation canines are lending a helping paw to the bees

Environment Colorado These dogs are on the case to save the endangered rusty patched bumblebee.Hi John,Protecting an endangered species is particularly difficult if you can't find them.The rusty patched bumblebee is now so elusive that dogs are being trained to sniff them out. These conserv…
  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
April 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM

Protect pollinators: Tell the FWS to declare monarchs threatened

Environment Colorado An incredible American species is disappearing by the day.John,Imagine you're still a child.You're chasing after monarchs and other butterflies in your yard, with net in hand. You raise one from just a caterpillar for an elementary school science project. One day, you l…
  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…