Category: Editorials
Coloradoan Can Do Better on Reporting Climate Crisis’ Link to Wildfires
Published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan on January 1, 2021 Most, if not all of the Coloradoan’s articles on Colorado’s record-setting 2020 wildfire season earlier this year failed to mention the relationship between wildfire and…
PRPA Should Not Build a Gas-Fired Power Plant
Published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan on September 19, 2020 The recent collapse of our economy and routine activities is the result of a microscopic coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Without warning the entire human population…
Climate Crisis Demands Both Mitigation and Adaptation
Published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan on June 18, 2019 Larimer County Commissioner John Kefalas is to be commended for recognizing that we are in a climate crisis (“Climate crisis demands planning and resiliency”, May…
Colorado Should Set Bold Climate Change Goals
Published in the Colorado Independent on April 2, 2019 The Colorado General Assembly soon will consider establishing additional climate goals for our state. The bill, HB19-1261, would set goals of a 50% reduction in greenhouse…
Vote Yes on 112
Published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan on October 27, 2018 At a private event with Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org, he stressed our dire situation. We’re in global warming and ignoring that doesn’t change it. …
Renewable Electricity Sources are Affordable and Reliable
Published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan on September 14, 2018 Recently, opponents of Fort Collins committing to 100 percent renewable electricity by 2030 have made comments casting doubt on the affordability and reliability of renewable…
What Does the Chamber Think About Climate Change?
Published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan on September 9, 2018 Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce CEO David May and chamber board member Ethan Gannett from Hewlett Packard Enterprises have written pieces expressing opposition to…
Fort Collins Chamber CEO Continues to Ignore Climate Crisis
Published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan on August 17, 2018 In his most recent guest commentary on renewable electricity, Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce President and CEO David May notes with evident pride that…
Renewable Energy Sources Rise as Coal-Generated Power Declines
Published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan on July 29, 2018 Recently, I was on the U.S. Energy Information Administration website (eia.gov) shopping for a wind or solar energy plant. Renewable energy is getting less expensive….
Don’t Spread Misinformation About Renewable Energy in Fort Collins
Published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan on July 29, 2018 In his second opinion piece on this topic, Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce CEO David May once again makes false claims and mischaracterizations about…