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Five California cites have sued the oil, gas, and coal companies. 50% of the climate breakdown and 30 % of the sea level rise is due to these fossil fuel fools. www.ucsusa.org/fa17-first-principles#.WgYZQFtSzct   www.ucsusa.org/fa17-ideas-in-action#.WgYZ6ltSzcs

KGNU radio interviewed Will Falk, who has sued on behalf of the Colorado River in order to protect it from pollution, and diversion for oil and gas fracking and industrial agriculture. The Colorado River is suing the state of Colorado...

Geroge Monbiot says use words like nature, wildlife, life, beauty, awe of nature, "the silence when we watch wild animals",living planet, natural world, places of natural wonder, and ecocide instead of colorless economic terms. This is because certain words trigger...

Boulder voters pushed forward to continue to progress towards a local, renewable electric utility! All the volunteers's hard work is paying off. Despite a snowstorm that made get-out -the vote efforts more difficult, dark money violating the spirit of the...

Great Bat Article- http://www.reporterherald.com/lifestyles/recreation/ci_31402623/benefits-bats-stretch-from-bugs-tequila-cashews . Bats pollinate 500 plant species, including avocado, agave, coconut, papaya, guava, mango, and banana. They spread seeds for almonds, cashews and mangoes. They eat lots of insects, protecting crops including coffee, beans, rice walnuts, cotton,...

New book mentions how sea level may rise much faster than forecast. Also, water, sewage, health, work, and electrical systems fail during flooding. https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/3452-sinking-feelings-of-glaciers-zombies-and-catastrophic-affect Extreme Cities by Ashley Dawson

I relish this guided tour, where arborists show us the trees on the CU campus. They tell us about the different trees, their history, and health. Event Description: Enjoy the splendor of Boulder in the fall! Join Facilities Operations Arborist...

On Oct. 7 about 50 hopeful persons gathered about 2 hours north of Denver at this silo that has a nuclear weapon tipped missile. They sang and prayed. They were pleased that the Nobel Peace Prize went to the International...

Get Congress or the Cabinet to invoke the 25th amendment. Pass the pass the Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017. Impeach him. Pass a law that requires the approval of the Secy of Defense or the Secy...

Over 135 countries agreed at the UN to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Two nuns, Carol Gilbert and Ardeth Platte, spoke here in Colorado recently about how young people worked very hard this year at the...

This movie shows how 29 % or the 1200 mile long Great Barrier Reef has died in one year. People set out to photograph the changes in the reefs. First they created and anchored cameras that took pictures. Then they...

An article in the Guardian ponted out by the Earth Guaradians asserts we can still keep the temperature rise below 1.5 Centigrade, but that we need a new way to speak about and motivate change. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/21/climate-optimism-disaster-extreme-weather-catastrophe?utm_content=buffer59877&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

"STRAWS" OCTOBER 4, 2017 October 4, 2017 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm- Boulder Meadows Branch Library ,4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, CO 80303

It says that those who challenge to racism, colonialism, sexism, elitism, militarism, classism, exceptionalism, chauvinism, triumphalism, nationalism, religionism, .... are marginalized in historical accounts, yet their protests and "impossible" dreams are vital for change and justice. https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/09/25/abuses-history About changing what...

Texas and Florida politicians deny climate change and refuse to talk about it. Ex- Exxon CEO Tillerson, now secy of state, says he will eliminate the State Dept . climate change envoy. Politicians lie about climate change to help oil...

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Parasites are important in keeping a balance among different life forms and in processing dead creatures into food for other creatures. Parasites comprise 80 % of the food web, and the majority of the biomass. One third of parasites could...

The League of Women Voters is sponsoring a talk by Lisa Graves of the Center for Media and Democracy on 9-18-17 at What: Meet-up on Dark Money in Politics When: Monday, September 18 6:30-8p.m. MDT Where: Elevations Credit Union, 2960...

The regulations against pollution would have prevented $ 500 million per year in health costs damage to fish and wildlife. Also, waste from mountaintop removal coal mining is being dumped into streams and rivers. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/09/14/mind-bogglingly-dangerous-trump-epa-rolls-back-water-pollution-limits-coal-plants