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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
September 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM

Join our hive: Fuzzy bumblebees are on the brink

Environment Colorado Before these bumblebees go extinct, we have to stop the widespread use of pesticides that are killing them.John,There are half as many bumblebees today as there were 50 years ago.1The endangered rusty patched bumblebee has declined by 87%. The Franklin's bumblebee hasn'…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
September 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM

Before bees, the world bloomed differently

Environment Colorado Bees evolved alongside flowers, changing the planet in the process.John,Bees weren't always pollinators. And early flowers? They lacked color, scent and nectar.For 100 million years and counting, flowers and bees enjoyed a beautiful evolutionary partnership. Flowers ada…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
September 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM

Confusion, shaking and death: What neonics do to bees

Environment Colorado Pesticides are turning our farmlands into toxic minefields for pollinators.John,A tiny bumblebee, about the size of a fuzzy pebble, hums busily between flowering plants. She's on a mission -- to scoop up as much pollen as she can and return to her buzzing hive, where sh…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
September 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM

Take action: It's time for Amazon to ditch bee-killing pesticides

Environment Colorado Neonics are killing bees; we're calling on Amazon to do something about it.John,Bee populations are plunging across the globe, but gallons of bee-killing pesticides are still being sold.Neonicotinoid pesticides don't discriminate. It could be a honeybee, an American bum…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
September 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM

"Death spiral": Beekeepers report the worst bee die-off ever

Environment Colorado Beekeepers are reporting the biggest bee die-off in history. Here's how Amazon can help. Fall 2025 DriveGoal: $30,000Deadline: Midnight, Sept. 30Donate now to help save the bees.DONATE John,Bees have been dying off at an alarming rate ever since the introduction of a de…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
September 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM

Tell Amazon: Stop selling bee-killing pesticides

Environment Colorado We're urging Amazon to prioritize pollinators over pesticides.John,A bumblebee's day is spent bobbing between blooms, collecting nectar and pollen to bring back to her colony's nest. It's a busy existence, but one she's perfectly adapted to.When she first lands upon a g…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
September 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM

Three ways we can help stop 'the worst bee loss in recorded history'

Environment Colorado Some bee species are teetering toward extinction ... but states are taking action.John,Nature is sounding its alarm bells.Hundreds of native bee species are on the brink of extinction, and this year, millions of honeybees died in what some are calling "the worst bee los…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
September 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM

A personal thank you for defending our forests

Environment Colorado I'm excited to share how we came together for our wild forests over the last three weeks.Hi John,Environment Colorado and our coalition partners and allies just delivered nearly 500,000 public comments to help save 45 million acres of forests from the chopping block.Tha…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
September 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM

Tell the Forest Service: Don't open the Tongass National Forest to more logging

Environment Colorado Don't miss your chance to speak up for the trees.Don't miss your chance to speak up for the trees, John.Right now, 45 million acres of wild forest are on the chopping block. And there are just a few days until the Forest Service stops accepting public input.1Help save t…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
September 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM

These three wild forests are on the chopping block

Environment Colorado Towering forests in 36 states and Puerto Rico are on the chopping block.John,Logging and mining could tear down 45 million acres of our national forests.1Towering forests in 36 states and Puerto Rico are on the chopping block -- from New Hampshire's White Mountain Natio…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
September 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM

Tell your U.S. senators: Save the Bee Lab

Environment Colorado Cutting funding for this bee research department would make it a lot harder to save the bees.John,Bee colonies are collapsing and wild bee species are hurtling toward extinction.Right now, a small but mighty department that helps protect bees could lose its funding -- a…
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  Environment America · [email protected]
September 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM

Victory: Landmark lawsuit to tackle plastic pellets

Environment America This landmark lawsuit can be a roadmap for tackling plastic pollution.Good news, John!Our state group PennEnvironment just settled a landmark lawsuit against Styropek USA, a company that was illegally dumping plastic into the Ohio River just north of Pittsburgh.1PennEnvir…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
September 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM

Three threatened animals that need roadless forests

Environment Colorado More than 220 threatened species live in roadless areas -- these are three of them.John,Across the country are expanses of wild forest that have for decades grown unfettered by road construction and industrial logging. These remote places, known as roadless forests, she…
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  Environment America · [email protected]
September 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM

Tell Whole Foods: It's time to phase out single-use plastics

Environment America Single-use plastics hurt wildlife -- why does Whole Foods have them?John,Every day, 2,000 truckloads worth of plastic are dumped into our waterways.1 Much of it is single-use food packaging from grocery stores.Whole Foods is one such supermarket whose aisles are lined wit…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
September 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM

Deadline Sept. 19: Defend 45 million acres of national forest

Environment Colorado Only two weeks left to defend our wild forests.John,There are only two weeks left to make your voice heard for our wild forests.Logging and mining could tear apart the forests where we hike, camp, fish and more. The Forest Service is planning to eliminate protections fo…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
September 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM

Take action: Glyphosate harms both wildlife and humans

Environment Colorado Let's act on this opportunity to finally phase out glyphosate.John,The potent weedkiller glyphosate was originally intended to kill weeds. Just weeds. But convincing evidence points to the reality that glyphosate is also killing bees and butterflies.1,2We simply can't a…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
August 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM

Meet three roadless forests we're working to defend

Environment Colorado Without roads, the logging industry can't get to these mature and old-growth trees, so they're kept safe from the chainsaws and bulldozers.John,More of our national forests are on the chopping block right now.45 million acres of national forests around the country are a…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
August 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM

Tell the Forest Service: Protect Tongass National Forest from logging

Environment Colorado We only have three weeks to generate as much public support for our forests as possible.John,Logging could soon start tearing down 45 million acres of national forest, including parts of Tongass National Forest.1The Forest Service just released its proposal to strip the…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
August 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM

Breaking news: 45 million acres of forest on the chopping block

Environment Colorado Our national forests could be opened to more logging, and we need your help to save them.John,A new threat to our forests was just put in motion.The Forest Service could open 45 million acres of our wild forests to road-building, logging, mining and drilling. And the cl…
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  Environment America · [email protected]
August 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM

Tell Congress: Protect manatees from starvation

Environment America How can such gentle creatures with no natural predators be disappearing?John,In the balmy coastal waters of Indian Lagoon, manatees once drifted through lush, swirling meadows of seagrass, eating their fill and raising their young calves.But those meadows are turning into…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
August 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM

Add your name: These toxic chemicals don't belong in our drinking water

Environment Colorado Toxic chemicals don't belong in the water we drink. It's common sense.John,PFAS chemicals can infiltrate water, soil and even our bodies.1,2,3 They don't break down, and they're linked to serious health problems -- including some types of cancer.4So why would we allow t…
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  Environment America · [email protected]
August 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM

Meet three endangered animals on the rebound

Environment America Who benefits from endangered species protections? These species do!John,When it comes to pulling struggling species back from the brink of extinction, the Endangered Species Act is our safety net. The act's protections are so effective that more than 99% of species listed…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
August 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM

Tell your U.S. senators to permanently protect the Boundary Waters

Environment Colorado A new U.S. Senate bill could give one of America's most treasured wild places permanent protection.John,America's most visited wilderness area is under threat.Copper sulfide mining, an incredibly toxic and polluting industry, could soon commence just a few miles outside…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
August 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM

A personal message about the future of our forests

Environment Colorado Saving these forests took years of grassroots organizing. Now, they're on the chopping block once again.John,My name is Ellen Montgomery, and I'm the director of Environment Colorado's Great Outdoors Campaign.For more than 25 years, I've been a part of our campaigns to …
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
August 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM

Add your name to help get this toxic chemical out of our water

Environment Colorado More than 60 countries have banned this pesticide -- it's time we join the club.John,The dangers posed by the herbicide known as atrazine have long been studied -- it's been linked to birth defects, cancer and reproductive issues, and can devastate contaminated ecosyste…
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  Environment America · [email protected]
August 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM

Walk among giants in these three incredible forests

Environment America Giant sequoias only live in around 75 groves on Earth. Nearly half can be found in these three forests.John,Giant sequoia trees are among the largest and oldest living organisms on Earth. Some can reach 325 feet tall.1 Others have stood since long before the rise of the R…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
August 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM

Take action: The EPA is about to let more toxic mercury contaminate our air and water

Environment Colorado Mercury harms both wildlife and people. Now, the EPA is about to allow even more mercury pollution into our air, water and communities.John,Coal-fired power plants are pumping toxic mercury directly into the air, where it can travel for miles before settling onto forest…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
August 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM

Tell the EPA: Power plants shouldn't get a free pass to pollute

Environment Colorado Dirty power plants need to clean up their act, not be let off the hook. Reducing global warming pollution helps protect our health and our climate. The EPA plans to undo power plant rules that prevent pollution. Take action before the Aug. 7 deadline.Add Your Name John,…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
August 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM

Three types of ancient trees on the chopping block

Environment Colorado From the mighty Sitka spruce to the resilient western hemlock to the iconic western redcedar, these trees are the pillars of the Tongass.John,Along Alaska's Southwest coast spans a nearly 17-million-acre national forest -- the largest in the country.1The Tongass Nationa…
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  Environment America · [email protected]
July 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM

Add your name: Protect the largest wildlife refuge east of the Mississippi

Environment America Mining could endanger wildlife in the Okefenokee Swamp.John,It's the largest wildlife refuge east of the Mississippi River.1 And it's threatened by strip mining.An alligator glides through still waters surrounded by cypress trees dripping with spanish moss. Huddled in the…
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  Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center · [email protected]
July 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM

Is your favorite beach safe for swimming?

Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center In 2024, 453 beaches were potentially unsafe for swimming on at least 25% of days tested.John,The phrase "beach hazards," typically evokes thoughts of sharks, riptides and sunburns -- not nasty bacteria.But each year, an estimated 57 million…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
July 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM

Tell the BLM: Protect the Western Arctic from drilling

Environment Colorado We can't let 13 million acres of wildlife habitat be opened for oil drilling.John,Alaska's Western Arctic Reserve's "special areas" are some of the few places left on Earth where you can hear the hooves of thousands of caribou migrating across the tundra.It's also a pla…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
July 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM

What is the Western Arctic?

Environment Colorado We can't let oil drilling destroy this arctic gem.John,For most, the Arctic conjures images of barren icefields and frost-sharpened wastelands. But tucked into the northwest-most corner of Alaska is a land where herds of caribou thousands strong traverse sweeping valley…
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  Environment America · [email protected]
July 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM

Manatees are dying with stomachs full of sand

Environment America Manatees are starving -- and the problem begins on dry land.John,Manatees are wasting away.The lush sanctuaries where these gentle "sea cows" once thrived are transforming into underwater deserts, leaving manatees to starve as they dig desperately through the sand for sea…
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  Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center · [email protected]
July 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM

Tell the Interior Department: Don't mine the deep sea

Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center A newly proposed mining plan would destroy delicate deep-sea ecosystems. A newly-proposed mining plan threatens to destroy deep sea ecosystems before we ever get the chance to learn more about them. We shouldn't mine the deep sea at all -- a…
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  Environment America Research & Policy Center · [email protected]
July 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM

Webinar invite: Mining at the Grand Canyon

Environment America Research & Policy Center The uranium mine hiding in plain sight. Why is there an active uranium mine in a national monument?RSVP John,Visitors to the Grand Canyon this year may not know it, but there's a new feature at the world's most famous park. There's now an acti…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
July 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM

Tell your U.S. representative: Don't sell the Postal Service's electric vehicles

Environment Colorado There's no reason to sell off perfectly good electric vehicles. USPS just got new zero-emission mail trucks. Tell your member of Congress: Don't sell these electric vehicles.Take Action John,More than 7,200 brand new electric mail trucks are cruising across the county, …
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
July 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM

One simple way to reduce plastic waste

Environment Colorado Plastic bag pollution on some of these beaches was reduced by almost half.John,In a world where hermit crabs use plastic trash for shells and more plastic clogs our waterways every single day, it's easy to feel helpless about our plastic pollution problem.But today, I h…
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  Environment America · [email protected]
July 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM

Victory: The largest clean air citizen suit in history

Environment America This is a huge win for clean air and for a community that has been suffering from Exxon's pollution for years.John,Our state group Environment Texas just won a historic lawsuit for clean air.1When Exxon racked up more than 16,000 violations of the Clean Air Act, Environme…
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  Environment America · [email protected]
July 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM

Update: Progress to defend the Okefenokee from mining

Environment America The alligators, cypress trees and wood storks of the Okefenokee Swamp are a little safer today.Hi John,We have an exciting update on our campaign to protect the Okefenokee Swamp.A land deal has halted the mining project proposed near the Okefenokee.1 Cypress trees, black …
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
July 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM

Thank you! Your generosity powers our advocacy for the bees

Environment Colorado Thank you for powering our efforts to protect pollinators.John,Thanks to the generosity of people like you, the success of our 2025 Fiscal Year-End Drive ensures that our advocacy on behalf of the bees will keep going strong in the months ahead.From all of us at Environ…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
July 1, 2025 at 12:54 AM

5 hours left: Join our hive to help save the bees

Environment Colorado Saving the bees is one of our top priorities.John,A single seed coated with neonicotinoids contains enough of the poison to kill up to 80,000 bees.1As more and more bees die, dozens of bee species are spiraling toward extinction.Saving the bees is one of Environment Col…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
June 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM

Give before midnight to double your impact for the bees

Environment Colorado Bees are dying and flowers are fading.John,According to our records, we haven't yet received your donation to our 2025 Fiscal Year-End Drive. There's still time to help save the bees this summer.For Your Review: Environment Colorado Member RecordName: John xxxxxxEnviro…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
June 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM

What would a future without bees look like?

Environment Colorado We have to decide: Do we want to live in a world without bees?John,The decision is up to us. Do we want to live in a world with bees... or a world without?More than 1 in 4 native bee species in North America are at risk of extinction.1 If we don't take action, we could …
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
June 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM

Your Environment Colorado member record

Environment Colorado Help us defend the environment, from towering trees to tiny bees.John,From towering trees to tiny bees, nature is under attack. You can help us defend the environment in the year ahead.According to our records, we haven't received your donation to our 2025 Fiscal Year-E…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
June 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM

Limited offer: Donations matched to help save the bees

Environment Colorado Generous donors will match donations before midnight tomorrow -- up to $25,000 nationwide.John,Wild bee species are completely disappearing from entire states. It's a clear sign of the real danger of extinction many bees are facing. And bee-killing pesticides are a majo…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
June 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM

Neonics are the new DDT for bees

Environment Colorado It's no wonder countless bee species are on the brink of extinction.John,If you're a bee, you're battling a five-alarm fire.Neonicotinoid pesticides are 1,000 times more deadly to bees than DDT and are fueling that fire.1Will you make a donation to our 2025 Fiscal Year-…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
June 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM

Three bumblebees at risk of extinction

Environment Colorado They're cute, fuzzy and extremely important.John,North American bumblebee populations have fallen by nearly 50% in the last 50 years.1 Bumblebees are struggling.Although they don't bring much attention to themselves as they spread pollen on our behalf, some estimates su…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
June 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM

Ask Target to stop selling bee-killing neonics

Environment Colorado Target can help save the bees.John,We can't afford to lose more bees.One of the biggest threats to bee populations is a potent strain of pesticides introduced in the 1990s called neonicotinoids. And Target is selling them.Target has an opportunity to step up and be a le…
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  Environment Colorado · [email protected]
June 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM

We're facing an "insect apocalypse"

Environment Colorado So many insects have disappeared that scientists are calling it an "insect apocalypse." 2025 Fiscal Year-End DriveGoal: $50,000Deadline: Midnight, June 30Will you make a donation to help save the bees? DONATE John,Summertime means family vacations, but if you've taken a…
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