Climate Activism

Researchers found that the emotions people feel – or don’t feel – when learning about climate change impact their support of policies on the issue. The George Mason study specifically focused on guilt, sadness, anger, fear and hope.

This week, a Montana judge sided with more than a dozen young activists who sued the state for violating their right to a clean environment by allowing fossil fuel development. The landmark case could have a ripple effect across the Mountain West and beyond.

This week individuals across the country shared their anger with big banks funding fossil fuels in a series of protests and rallies. In Telluride, several dozen residents held a march downtown.

KDNK’s reporter Hattison Rensberry brings you local and regional news from the Mountain West

The world’s population reached 8 billion this week, just as the 27th annual United Nations climate summit was wrapping up in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Aspen Public Radio talked with local residents who have been attending COP27 over the past two weeks.

Climate activists gathered outside of the lodge in Grand Teton National Park on Thursday, August 25, where the Federal Reserve was holding its annual Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium.

A new study by media and analysis firm Corporate Knights reveals that Colorado's Public Employee Retirement Association (PERA) lost over 1.7 billion in…