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Activists demand trustees dump oil and gas holdings

by Dyana Furmansky September 29, 2021November 17, 2023

More than 400 Carbondale area residents signed the petition delivered Friday to Interim Town Manager Kevin Schorzman, demanding that the Carbondale Board of Trustees divest Town finances from the Exxon and Chevron oil and gas bonds in the Town’s investment portfolio. John Hoffmann, a Carbondale blacksmith and former trustee, walked into Schorzman’s office and handed […]

Opinion, Uncategorized

Tell Governor Polis to enact his own climate action roadmap

by Raleigh Burleigh April 28, 2021November 17, 2023

By Will Hodges The governor isn’t serious about achieving his own climate goals. Yesterday, he announced he intends to veto Senate Bill 200, a law going through the State Assembly that would give some oomph to his own greenhouse gas reduction goals passed two years ago. The state’s greenhouse gas reduction roadmap that the governor […]

Columns, Opinion, Uncategorized

Slow is the New Fast: Climate of Love

by Gwen Garcelon March 17, 2021November 17, 2023

I am deeply concerned about the future of Carbondale, and the world, and how we will hold together amidst increasing social, economic and climate pressures. As Carbondale grapples with the complexities of racial injustice around Michael Francisco’s case, like many of you I’ve been trying to understand how to best be of service. My work […]