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Environment Colorado · [email protected]
February 12, 2022 at 6:27 PM

Tell Home Depot: Stop logging the boreal forest

Environment Colorado The Canadian boreal forest is being cut down at a rate of 1 million acres per year. Join thousands of environmental advocates like you in calling on Home Depot to stop sourcing wood from the Canadian boreal forest.Add Your Name Dear Friend,The Canadian boreal forest, the…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
February 7, 2022 at 5:02 PM

Speak up to ban bee-killing pesticides in wildlife refuges

Environment Colorado Right now, bee-killing pesticides are allowed in the places where bees should be safest: wildlife refuges. Friend,"Neonic" bee-killing pesticides are lurking around every corner for bees. One study found neonics on 54% of all sampled plants.1Right now, these pesticides a…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
January 26, 2022 at 9:43 PM

Tell the U.S. Forest Service: Don't let an oil-hauling train run through a national forest

Environment Colorado A plan to let trains filled with oil rumble right through the Ashley National Forest is moving full steam ahead. Friend,Utah's Ashley National Forest is home to more than 1 million acres of pristine wildlife and countless unique creatures. But now a plan to let oil-fille…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
January 9, 2022 at 6:05 PM

Call on Costco to put the boreal forest before toilet paper

Environment Colorado The boreal forest is disappearing before our eyes, in part because Costco uses its trees to make toilet paper. Friend,The boreal forest is disappearing before our eyes, in part because Costco uses its trees to make toilet paper.1And it's disappearing fast: In the time it…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
December 31, 2021 at 10:25 PM

9 hours left to double your impact

Environment Colorado Bees are counting on us to step up for them.Friend,Neonicotinoid pesticides, or neonics, are truly devastating for bees -- and the numbers make it clear that the results aren't sustainable.By one estimate, you're half as likely to see a bumblebee today as you would have…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
December 31, 2021 at 7:37 PM

We're running out of time to save the bees

Environment Colorado Bees can't defend themselves from toxic neonicotinoid pesticides -- that's where we come in.Friend,Bee-killing pesticides are devastating bee populations. Commonly known as neonics, these deadly chemicals affect everything from the development of baby bees' brains to th…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
December 31, 2021 at 4:01 PM

Until midnight only: Double your impact to help save the bees

Environment Colorado There's no coming back from extinction. Deadline: Midnight Dec. 31Goal: $200,000Member RecordName: Friend 2021 Year-End Donor: NOT YETEligible for Match: YES!Donate Today Friend,Bee populations are collapsing.Bumblebees, other native bees and honeybees are all dying off…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
December 30, 2021 at 2:07 PM

Bee-killing pesticides are affecting generations of pollinators.

Environment Colorado Bees can't defend themselves from toxic neonicotinoid pesticides -- that's where we come in. Bees can't defend themselves from toxic neonicotinoid pesticides -- that's where we come in. Will you donate to Environment Colorado and help save the bees? DONATE Friend,A new …
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
December 29, 2021 at 8:14 PM

Bees aren't making it home

Environment Colorado Dangerous bee-killing pesticides known as "neonics" are flooding bees' habitats and driving their populations down.Friend,Nearly 1 in 4 native bee species -- including bumblebees and blueberry bees -- is imperiled.1Dangerous bee-killing pesticides, called neonics, are f…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
December 26, 2021 at 7:54 PM

Take action: You can help bring the American bumblebee back from the brink

Environment Colorado Don't miss this opportunity to tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect the American bumblebee.Dear Friend,I wanted to make sure that you didn't miss this chance to tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect the American bumblebee. By granting this spec…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
December 22, 2021 at 6:05 PM

Dangerous pesticides are killing our bees. Here's how:

Environment Colorado Scientists point to several causes, including climate change and habitat loss. But one major threat is the use of bee-killing pesticides, called neonicotinoids (or neonics). Here's how they work:Friend,What's killing our bees?Scientists point to several causes, includin…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
December 21, 2021 at 5:20 PM

Tell the Fish and Wildlife Service: Protect the American bumblebee

Environment Colorado If you've recently seen an American bumblebee, you're one of the lucky ones. The American bumblebee is teetering on the edge of collapse. If we're going to save American bumblebees, we need to urgently protect them under the Endangered Species Act.Add Your Name Friend,Th…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
December 9, 2021 at 7:03 PM

Add your name: Protect Cook Inlet from offshore oil drilling

Environment Colorado With only 279 belugas left in Cook Inlet, the Interior Department wants to open their habitat to oil and gas drilling. Friend,Endangered beluga whales already face pollution, habitat destruction and harassment from fishing and shipping boats -- but soon they could be in …
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
December 1, 2021 at 1:21 AM

6 hours left: Be a guardian for our old-growth forests.

Environment Colorado This Giving Tuesday, stand up for the Tongass and other old-growth forests.Friend,Giving Tuesday is almost over. There are only 6 hours left to give the gift of wilderness to future generations by donating to our Giving Tuesday drive. Will you donate now to help protect…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
November 30, 2021 at 5:38 PM

It's time to protect the Tongass once and for all

Environment Colorado The Tongass National Forest -- our world's last remaining intact temperate rainforest -- needs our help.Friend,The Tongass National Forest -- our last remaining intact temperate rainforest -- needs our help.Rooted with trees older than America itself, 9.2 million acres …
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
November 30, 2021 at 2:17 PM

This Giving Tuesday: Protect the Tongass

Environment Colorado The Tongass is full of trees older than America. This incomparable, pristine forest is one of our greatest treasures. But right now, this forest is in danger. And it's not the only one. Friend,The Tongass is one of the most awe-inspiring places in America, with glimmeri…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
November 28, 2021 at 4:32 PM

Tell the Forest Service: Save our largest old-growth forest

Environment Colorado Trees older than America are at risk from logging and development -- and they need your help. Friend,Right now, the 800-year-old trees of the Tongass National Forest are vulnerable to logging.The Trump administration erased critical protections for the Tongass in 2020. …
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
November 14, 2021 at 3:47 PM

Take action to end offshore drilling

Environment Colorado An offshore drilling project is set to take place in the Gulf of Mexico this November. When we drill, we spill. Tell the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to cancel all offshore oil and gas drilling projects.Add Your Name Dear Friend,Just one month after a pipeline leak …
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
November 9, 2021 at 4:54 PM

Tell Costco: Don't trade this forest for toilet paper

Environment Colorado In the time it takes you to brush your teeth tonight, Canada's boreal will lose three football fields of forest. Friend,In the time it takes you to brush your teeth tonight, Canada's boreal forest will lose three football fields of trees.1It's alarming, but the culprit i…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
November 5, 2021 at 1:49 PM

Tell the EPA: Don't let polluters freely melt plastic into oil

Environment Colorado A process that burns plastics, emits toxic pollution, and produces more oil to be burned sounds like a bad idea, right? Friend,The entire life cycle of plastic is toxic. Plastic is made from oil and gas. Plastic products can choke or even kill our wildlife. Plastic pollu…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
October 23, 2021 at 2:40 PM

Stop this oil company from drilling in the Arctic

Environment Colorado The Arctic is one of the last untouched wild places -- don't let this oil company drill there. Oil and gas drilling doesn't belong in the Arctic, Friend.Yet Australian oil company 88 Energy is once again trying to drill at the doorstep of the Arctic National Wildlife Ref…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
October 17, 2021 at 3:45 PM

Deadline Oct. 25: Speak up for bees

Environment Colorado To protect bees, we're calling on the EPA to ban the worst uses of these toxic pesticides. It's time for the EPA to listen to the science and ban the worst uses of neonics. Add your name in support of bee-saving action.Add Your Name Dear Friend,A class of pesticides call…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
September 30, 2021 at 1:36 PM

One day only: Double your impact to help save the monarchs

Environment Colorado All donations made by midnight tonight will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $10,000 nationwide. We're committed to helping monarch butterflies along this journey -- but we can't do it without your help. That's why generous donors will match gifts to our Fall 2021 Dr…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
September 28, 2021 at 1:35 PM

Fluttering at the edge of extinction

Environment Colorado Millions of monarchs used to migrate south, filling branches so full of butterfly wings that no leaves could be seen. Now, fewer than 2,000 western monarchs are left.Friend,Do you remember the images of thousands of monarchs resting on trees during their long migration …
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
September 25, 2021 at 2:32 PM

Tell Interior Secretary Deb Haaland: Use emergency powers to give monarchs the protections they need

Environment Colorado This past winter, as volunteers lined up to welcome monarchs home to "Butterfly Town" they saw an ominous sign of what's to come: Not a single monarch made it home. Friend,This past winter, as volunteers lined up to welcome monarchs home to "Butterfly Town," an iconic mo…
Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center · [email protected]
September 20, 2021 at 1:32 PM

Tell P&G: Don't throw away the forest

Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center We're calling on Procter & Gamble to create only forest-free tissue paper products. Join us in urging Procter & Gamble to stop using virgin wood from the ancient boreal forest in its tissue products.Add Your Name Dear Friend,The Canad…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
September 12, 2021 at 3:04 PM

Urge the Biden administration: Give spotted owls their 3.4 million acres of protected habitat back

Environment Colorado The Trump administration took 3.4 million acres of protected habitat away from spotted owls -- now, we have a chance to give those millions of protected acres back. Friend,Just before leaving office, the Trump administration stripped 3.4 million acres of protected habita…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
September 4, 2021 at 2:52 PM

Stop uranium mines from contaminating our air and water

Environment Colorado Uranium mines are one of the riskiest industrial activities -- and the Department of Energy wants to mine even more. Every time we've mined uranium, we've been left with a toxic mess. We need to protect our air and water from radioactive contamination by not funding uran…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
August 22, 2021 at 2:35 PM

Tell Amazon: Stop shredding unused products by the thousands

Environment Colorado A recent investigation uncovered a bombshell for our environment over at Amazon: The company is destroying millions of unused or returned products. This is ridiculous, Friend.A recent investigation uncovered a bombshell for our environment over at Amazon: The company is …
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
August 17, 2021 at 2:57 PM

Tell the EPA: Protect Bristol Bay from Pebble Mine

Environment Colorado Pebble Mine is a bad idea that belongs in some kind of bad idea hall of fame. A massive, toxic open-pit mine is threatening an irreplaceable special place. Tell the EPA: Protect Bristol Bay from Pebble Mine.Take Action Friend,It's a bad idea that belongs in some kind of …
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
August 10, 2021 at 5:52 PM

Urgent: We need your help to protect the Arctic Refuge from drilling

Environment Colorado The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge could be opened to drilling tonight unless we take action.Friend,By the end of today, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge could be opened back up for oil and gas drilling.The oil industry got its foot in the door during the Trump admin…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
August 7, 2021 at 2:34 PM

We're facing an emergency for the Arctic Refuge -- are you with us?

Environment Colorado We're taking a stand to protect the Arctic Refuge from oil and gas drilling -- but we can't do it alone. Friend,We're facing an emergency for the Arctic Refuge.The U.S. Senate could vote as soon as Monday to force new lease sales and destructive oil and gas drilling in t…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
August 4, 2021 at 4:56 PM

Take bold action on global warming

Environment Colorado Clean air, clean water and a healthy planet are within our grasp. Heat records are being broken across the U.S. The need to act on global warming has never been clearer. Join us in calling on Congress to tackle the climate crisis today.Take Action Friend,This summer we'v…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
August 2, 2021 at 1:33 PM

We can't let monarch butterflies go extinct

Environment Colorado In the last 20 years, the western monarch population has plummeted to just 2,000 butterflies, and the eastern population has fallen by roughly 80 percent.Friend,Monarch butterflies are waging an uphill battle. Their food sources and habitats are disappearing, causing the…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
July 31, 2021 at 3:50 PM

Tell our senators: Fund clean water. Save the manatees.

Environment Colorado We could lose a third of Florida's manatees by the end of the year. We must stop the water pollution that's threatening the manatees. Friend,Nearly 820 manatees have died this year -- and the count's still growing.1These happy herbivores used to spend their days eating s…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
July 26, 2021 at 2:52 PM

Tell our senators: Stop subsidizing climate change

Environment Colorado Scientists say this latest heat wave would be virtually impossible without climate change. Friend,The heat wave at the start of July shattered previous record high temperatures by up to 8 degrees Fahrenheit.1 Hundreds of people lost their lives.2 Over a billion marine an…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
July 21, 2021 at 2:55 PM

Tell the U.S. Forest Service: Protect grizzly bears

Environment Colorado Decades ago, more than 50,000 grizzly bears roamed the Lower 48 -- but today, only about 2,000 grizzlies remain. Friend,Years ago, more than 50,000 grizzly bears roamed the Lower 48 -- but today, only about 2,000 grizzlies remain.1For decades, hunting drove down their nu…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
July 16, 2021 at 1:37 PM

Tell the Biden administration: Give monarchs endangered species protections

Environment Colorado In the last 20 years, the western monarch population has plummeted to only 2,000 butterflies and the eastern population has fallen by roughly 80 percent. Friend,In the last 20 years, the western monarch population has plummeted to only 2,000 butterflies, and the eastern …
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
July 13, 2021 at 1:49 PM

New titanium mine threatens largest wildlife refuge in eastern U.S.

Environment Colorado The 438,000-acre Okefenokee Swamp is home to the largest wildlife refuge in the eastern United States, along with hundreds of plant and animal species. But the refuge and these plants and animals could soon have a new neighbor: a 12,000-acre titanium mine. Friend,Home to…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
July 6, 2021 at 10:07 PM

Victory: Colorado bans single-use plastic foam, bags

Environment Colorado Colorado's Plastic Pollution Reduction Act is one of the nation's most ambitious laws to put wildlife over waste by banning the worst single-use plastics.Friend,We just won a big victory here in Colorado: The Centennial State just banned plastic foam cups and containers …
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
June 30, 2021 at 11:50 PM

8 hours left: Baby bees need our help

Environment Colorado Our 2021 Fiscal Year-End Drive is almost over, but it's not too late to stand with the bees.Friend,When baby bees eat food contaminated with neonicotinoid pesticides, they experience permanent and irreversible brain damage. This makes it harder for them to learn how to …
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
June 30, 2021 at 4:31 PM

Stand with us in defending Colorado's environment

Environment Colorado There's still time to have your gift matched and your impact doubled.Friend, time and again, Environment Colorado has been there when our environment has been threatened.We've organized tirelessly to secure protections for the Arctic Refuge, and we're still working to m…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
June 30, 2021 at 12:46 PM

Be a champion for our environment

Environment Colorado Check out your Environment Colorado member record, Friend.Friend,Bumblebee populations have plummeted by as much as 93 percent over the past two decades.1Other kinds of bees have seen similar declines. From toxic neonicotinoid pesticides (or neonics) to habitat loss to …
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
June 29, 2021 at 1:32 PM

Now is your chance to double your impact for the environment

Environment Colorado We have so much to do in our work to rid the planet of plastic pollution, save our pollinators, transition to renewable energy, and much, much more.Friend,We're just two days from the end of our 2021 Fiscal Year-End Drive, and we're still short of our $50,000 goal to en…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
June 28, 2021 at 3:00 PM

Will I be one of the last western bumblebees?

Environment Colorado As my fellow worker bees and I fly from our nest to forage for food, I can't help but wonder: Will everyone find their way home? As my fellow worker bees and I fly from our nest to forage for food, I can't help but wonder: Will everyone find their way home?I've already …
Emily Reid, Environment Colorado · [email protected]
June 27, 2021 at 2:35 PM

This could make the difference in our work to save the bees

Environment Colorado I want to take you inside Environment Colorado's Denver field operation for a moment: Friend,I'm Emily Reid, the national canvass director for Environment America and state groups like Environment Colorado. It's my job to lead our national 2021 summer field campaigns, d…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
June 25, 2021 at 1:43 PM

Send your message to the EPA today

Environment Colorado Did you see this? Don't miss this opportunity to tell the EPA to ban the worst uses of neonicotinoids.Friend,I wanted to make sure that you didn't miss this opportunity to tell the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban the worst uses of neonicotinoids -- a class o…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
June 23, 2021 at 2:50 PM

We still have a chance to save the bees

Environment Colorado We're losing bees by the billionsFriend,We've already lost billions of bees. A survey showed that 50 billion bees were wiped out in just a few months during the winter of 2018-2019. But we still have a chance to save the bees -- if we get to work right now.1That's why w…
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
June 21, 2021 at 1:32 PM

It's time to tip the scales to save bees

Environment Colorado Bees can't go it alone.Friend,Small but mighty, our bees play a big role in our environment.We count on bees to pollinate 90 percent of our wild plants and a staggering 75 percent of our food crops. But now, bees are counting on us to defend them.Bee-killing pesticides …
Environment Colorado · [email protected]
June 16, 2021 at 1:32 PM

Tell the EPA: Enough is enough, it's time to save the bees

Environment Colorado If we know what's killing bees, why is it still on store shelves? We know one of the major causes of bee die-offs. So why are bee-killing pesticides still on store shelves? Send your message to the EPA urging it to ban the worst uses of neonics.SIGN THE PETITION Friend,T…