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What is your favorite place in Colorado?Mine is the Indian Peaks Wilderness. I love the spectacular views, the distinct wildness, and the fact that it is protected as a wilderness area, meaning its incredible ecosystems are largely undisturbed...

The Colorado Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) new ten-year plan dramatically favors highway expansions over transit and multimodal improvements. This failure to address traffic congestion, the economy, government finances, climate emissions and...

The ocean may be far away from the Southern Rockies, but there is a growing likelihood that a Super El Niño in the warming Pacific could be impacting the weather here in Colorado later this year. Average air temperatures have been rising over the...

Colorado is already suffering water stress and the AI data centers popping up across the country are incredibly thirsty. Before we jump into building them in Colorado, we need to plan for what that actually means. Direct water use by US data centers...

The Western Slope Group of the Sierra Club is situated right in the area of Colorado experiencing its worst drought ever recorded. What are the visible signs? Out hiking the local trails, pinyon pines are dying, probably from a combination of...

At critical moments in time, you’ve stepped up so that together, we can defend Coloradans’ rights to clean air and clean energy, and defend our public lands and the safety of our communities. This is one of those moments. I’m asking you to take...

Imagine a childhood without nature. For far too many kids (and their families!) the Rocky Mountains are just a distant view, not a playground. If you live in the Longmont or Boulder area, you can help change that! Boulder Valley Inspiring...

The Pikes Peak Group notes with sadness the passing of Jean Smith, one of the Colorado Sierra Club Chapter’s most active and ardent members.  Together with her late husband Art, Jean was a mainstay of the Enos Mills Group of Sierra Club in the...

Whew. How have you felt this year?For me, every day has felt like the ground is shaking underneath me. It is hard to feel secure when we have seen attacks on our environment and our communities day after day. We’ve seen our opposition throw out the...