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Global Climate Action Summit Preview: How the International, Subnational, and Business Communities Are Taking the Lead on Climate Action

On September 12-14, the world will converge on San Francisco for the first-of-its-kind Global Climate Action Summit. Hosted by California Governor Jerry Brown and others, the Summit will gather international, subnational, business and other private sector leaders from around the world to discuss solutions to the world’s most pressing climate issues. Please join E2 for […]

Panel: Shrinking the Landfill – Increasing Waste Diversion

Both the City of Denver and Colorado need to move from inspiration to action on meeting critical climate goals. A five-part series of events this year sponsored by Environmental Entrepreneurs and the Natural Resources Defense Council, is designed to bring  advocates, business leaders, and residents together to move forward on clean transportation, renewable energy, energy-efficiency and […]

Hickenlooper calls for climate action

Jennifer Yachnin discusses Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper’s remarks on a clean environment at the Colorado Climate Plan. The event was co-hosted by E2.

An Evening with Governor HIckenlooper: Colorado’s Climate Action Plan

Colorado joined the U.S. Climate Alliance— a coalition of states pledging to uphold the climate goals of the Paris Agreement — and by executive order, Gov. Hickenlooper created a specific, measurable goal for carbon reduction.  The State objective is to cut greenhouse gases by 26 percent from 2005 levels by 2025, and to cut carbon from the electricity sector […]

E2: Farm Bill Soil Health Provisions Will Help Farmers, Environment

Statement from E2 Chair and Co-founder Nicole Lederer WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Agriculture Committee today passed its version of a 2018 Farm Bill, including first-of-their kind soil health provisions designed to improve agricultural practices and also help address climate change. Included in the provisions is a new USDA pilot project designed to incentivize agriculture […]

Partner Event: PACENation Summit March 19-21 (Denver)

The 2018 PACENation Summit is the only national conference focused completely on PACE! This year’s event will feature three days of content, interactive sessions, expert speakers, and many unique networking opportunities. PACENation will bring together legislators, program administrators, financiers, building owners, government and nonprofit organizations to help grow the PACENation marketplace in a way that […]

E2 Partner Event: Solar Partner Mountain West, Mar 12-14 (Denver)

Join us at @COSEIA’s Solar Power Mountain West solar conference in March! For the second year in a row – the Solar Career Expo, Powered by Solar Ready Colorado – you will also have the chance to meet with Colorado-based solar energy companies for a unique professional networking and career exploration event! Agenda and Travel […]

CLC Post Conference Happy Hour & Sustainability Discussion

Join Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) and The Alliance Center (TAC) for a happy hour with casual and informed conversation, concluding with a tour TAC’s cutting edge work space, which is a leader in green building innovation.  We will be joined by speakers from the Climate Leadership Conference and local leaders in sustainability to provide a more intimate setting […]

State of the Union: Defending Climate Action, Clean Energy and the Environment

On January 30, the president will deliver his State of the Union address and his vision for the coming year. Please join E2 the next day for a discussion and Q & A about what the president’s remarks mean to our policy priorities, our economy and our environment, and to hear about our strategies and opportunities […]

Trump’s National Security Strategy Removes Climate Change as Security Threat. The Military Disagrees.

WASHINGTON (December 19, 2017) – President Trump yesterday omitted any mention of climate change in his first national security strategy, ignoring his own military leaders (including Defense Secretary James Mattis) and the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) he signed into law just last week. The recently signed NDAA specifically calls climate change a “direct threat to […]

Colorado Water Supply & Climate Change: A Business Perspective

As Colorado business leaders, the members of the Rocky Mountain chapter of Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) are concerned by the mounting evidence that climate change will make it harder to meet the state’s future water needs, that these risks are not yet sufficiently understood, and that not enough is being done to reduce them.

We call on the governor and other key public officials to ensure that the new State Water Plan being developed includes specific measures to adequately reduce Colorado’s water risks, as magnified by climate change. Our central recommendation is that the state government, water providers, and the private sector work together to reduce per capita municipal and industrial (M&I) water use by 25 percent by 2025 and by 50 percent by 2050. This is a more ambitious goal than anyone has yet proposed for this state. But it is the action that is proportionate to the challenge. It is realistically achievable, as evidence from Colorado and other western states shows. And it is the most reliable, flexible, and affordable way to meet our water needs in a changed future.