THE MOST ANTI-ENVIRONMENTAL “BLUE STATE”

On episode 117 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg shares the most recent, most egregious example of how Colorado has become the most anti-environmental Democrat-majority state in the U.S.

Josh talks about how:

-The Colorado House Agriculture, Water, and Natural Resources Committee just shot down two bills that would’ve protected public lands, wildlife, and the state’s most vulnerable citizens;

-The first bill would’ve routed a small portion of the state’s millions in annual “wildfire mitigation” taxpayer funding (nearly all of which goes towards controversial and scientifically-debunked industrial logging) towards proven home hardening protections through grants to low-income residents, along with seniors and those with disabilities;

-That bill was opposed by government agency staff, elected officials, and corporate funded, pro-extraction “working lands” NGOs (i.e. Conservation Colorado, Western Resource Advocates, and The Nature Conservancy) demanding that the Committee not allot a single dollar to save the state’s most vulnerable residents’ homes from wildfire.

-The second bill would’ve protected beavers from hunting and trapping on public lands. Beavers create dams that retain water on the landscape, which studies have proven can reduce fire severity;

-Wildlife and wildland advocates can unite on a positive vision as an alternative to the dystopia of anti-environmental industry, government, NGOs, and media.