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More than 20 groups form an intersectional, justice-driven approach to public lands protection, climate action (Image Credit (Franmarie Metzler/Wikimedia Commons) )
Denver, CO – The People, Public Lands, and Climate Collaborative officially launches today with U.S.-based organizations from across the outdoor, nature and environmental community banding together to accelerate just climate solutions. Their first official call to action – urging the U.S. Senate to confirm New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Interior. The People, Public Lands, and Climate Collaborative, or The Collaborative for short, and its members share a common, environmental justice-driven goal: ensuring public lands are part of a just and equitable climate change mitigation and adaptation solution. They aim to do this in three ways: by promoting sustainability, climate resiliency, and healthy communities and economies; protecting, connecting, and restoring critical landscapes and lands; and
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Lack of Spanish resources causes real harm within Roaring Fork Valley.
Beatriz Soto, Defiende Nuestra Tierra Director at non-profit Wilderness Workshop, said she is frequently asked to clarify if videos or clips are legitimate news sources by members of the community.
“I think we have to acknowledge that for whatever reason, fake information and fake news is getting quicker to our communities than real information…I think once people start losing that faith in their governmental agencies I think it just makes them victims,” Soto said.
Officials within the Roaring Fork Valley seemingly struggle to find volunteers or space within a budget to translate important information to Spanish, Soto said. The lack of a reliable, translated information source makes it easier for Spanish-speakers or other individuals who don’t speak English to fall prey to well-produced conspiracy theories or clean cut presentations of fake news.
Protesters march to a 2019 rally opposing the Berlaimont Estates development, proposed north of Edwards. This week the hearing officer who presided over a Jan. 7 objections hearing cited eight areas where additional information must be included in the draft decision to approve a road through USFS land to the Berlaimont site.
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The U.S. Forest Service hearing officer who presided over a Jan. 7 hearing objections meeting has upheld the Berlaimont Estates access road approval.
But Tammy Angel, the Forest Service official who served as the objections hearing officer, also directed staff from the White River National Forest to flesh out its examination in eight specific areas before final action can proceed for the controversial project near Edwards.
For Immediate Release, January 26, 2021
Contact: Kevin Cross, Colorado Coalition for a Livable Climate, (970) 484-3141, jkevin87@comcast.net
Taylor McKinnon, Center for Biological Diversity, (801) 300-2414, tmckinnon@biologicaldiversity.org Erik Schlenker-Goodrich, Western Environmental Law Center, (575) 770-1295, eriksg@westernlaw.org
Jeremy Nichols, WildEarth Guardians, (303) 437-7663, jnichols@wildearthguardians.org
32 Colorado Groups Support Biden’s Expected Pledge to Halt New Fossil Fuel Leasing, Permitting on Public Lands
DENVER As President Biden prepares to announce a ban on new oil and gas leasing and permitting on public lands and oceans, 32 climate, conservation, religious and business groups in Colorado today announced support for the move in a letter to the president.