Tag: Climate Activism

By: Green Leap Forward Staff | Commentary, Green Leap Forward via Substack In Colorado politics, one pattern is impossible to miss: whenever a bill, ordinance, or rule touches energy - whether at the city council, county commission, or statehouse -someone from the organization 350 Colorado is likely there. Their members sometimes testify in groves, often with the same prepared talking points. And whenever lobbying records are published, their name almost always appears. The group bills itself as “the largest Colorado-based grassroots network” fighting the “climate crisis.” But its constant presence in policymaking reveals something deeper: 350Colorado is less a spontaneous scrappy community uprising and far more a professional advocacy machine. Its ve...