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Climate Action Plan draft goes live for public comment

Feb. 5, 2024

All students, faculty and staff are encouraged to review CU Boulder’s draft Climate Action Plan and comment via the online feedback form. The deadline for feedback is March 5.

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Tips to make winter biking a breeze

Feb. 1, 2024

Biking to campus is a great way to get exercise and practice sustainability, even during the winter months. Get tips and celebrate Winter Bike to Work Day with the rest of the Boulder community by riding to campus on Feb. 9

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CU Boulder part of $160M NSF-funded effort to promote climate resilience

Jan. 29, 2024

CU Boulder will contribute translational research, startup creation and strategic leadership as a key research university partner in a new $160 million National Science Foundation initiative to promote climate resilience.

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1 in 5 Colorado bumblebee species are at risk, new report says

Jan. 24, 2024

With climate change, habitat loss, pesticides and non-native insects hurting the state’s pollinators, a CU Boulder entomologist is calling for action.

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50 years on, Endangered Species Act a noted success

Jan. 24, 2024

Dan Doak, CU Boulder professor of environmental studies who has studied threatened and endangered species for decades, reflects on a half century of species protection.

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Climate change opinions swing elections

Jan. 23, 2024

A new CU Boulder analysis found that, with U.S. voters, climate concerns likely gave Democrats the White House in 2020.

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What’s stopping US climate policies from working effectively?

Jan. 17, 2024

CU Boulder researchers discussed the challenges that could compromise the potential of some of the country’s most ambitious climate policies including the Inflation Reduction Act.

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Acidity of Antarctic waters could double by century’s end, threatening biodiversity

Jan. 9, 2024

Without drastically reducing global emissions, the Antarctic Ocean could become too acidic for hundreds of species living there, many already endangered by rising temperatures and sea ice loss.

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‘The end of an era of fossil fuel consumption’: A CU prof’s take on COP28

Dec. 19, 2023

Just back from the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, Environmental Studies Professor Max Boykoff reflects on the historic pledge countries made to cut planet-warming fossil fuels—and where the agreement falls short.

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US utilities on track to be 100% renewable by 2060

Dec. 19, 2023

A CU Boulder study led by undergraduate Grace Kroeger found in states with and without aggressive goals, utilities plan to drop fossil fuels.

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