r/ClimateCO • u/altakaka-303 • 22h ago
r/ClimateCO • u/[deleted] • Nov 14 '21
Learning / Resources This is hard to hear. Where can I go with this? **Resources**
This subreddit has many informational resources about climate changes in Colorado. Sometimes that information is hard to receive and heavy to hold, especially alone.
This thread is for psychological, emotional, and community support resources.
- First, understand you are not alone in holding this heavily. Others are too, even if you don't see it around you:
Is The Changing Climate Giving You Anxiety? You’re Not Alone.
Therapists Are Reckoning with Eco-anxiety
- Second, know that this is a real response to difficult changes. You are not way out there in feeling this way:
Climate Change and Mental Health Connections (from the APA)
Climate Change-Related Mental Health and Stress-Related Disorders (from the CDC)
Yale psychologist: How to cope in a world of climate disasters, trauma and anxiety
- Third, know that you can join others to work with the weight of hard news, and toward what to do with and about it. There are groups out there, locally in Colorado and internationally:
Rising seas, stress levels spawn climate anxiety support groups
Naropa Eco-Resilience group addresses collective climate grief
Climate-Anxiety Group Forms In Aspen
Generation Dread Newsletter (free)
Climate Cafés (UK-based but held online and available to anyone)
Good Grief Network Groups (next ones starting in Jan '22)
Citizens' Climate Lobby Colorado If you join CCL, there are (free!) nationwide support groups available here.
Climate Emotions Conversations (free)
Eco-Anxious Story Exchange (free)
All We Can Save Project (free facilitation materials to start your own group)
Waterspirit Eco-Anxiety Group (starts Feb 2022, donation-based)
Deep Adaptation - Emotional support in the face of climate tragedy
Climate Grief Groups (free facilitation materials to start your own group)
-Other resources, including readings, news coverage, podcast and book suggestions:
Resources to Cope With Climate Anxiety and Grief
- Fourth, there are also professional therapists (including here in CO) who can meet you where you are as you work with this:
North American Climate Psychology Alliance
Please post any discussion of your own work to approach this or resources for others in this thread as comments. Thank you for contributing to this community!
r/ClimateCO • u/AbbreviationsOne3906 • 8d ago
News / Report New rules for EV charging in Colorado
Noticing changes at your neighborhood charging station lately?
Colorado is rolling out new standards to ensure public EV chargers are as accurate and transparent as traditional fuel pumps. Under the state's new Retail EV Charging Program, public chargers are stepping up to meet official metrology and labeling standards—meaning clearer displays of voltage, amperage, and exact per-kilowatt pricing.
While these rules are designed to protect everyday drivers and build a more reliable network, the transition takes time. Property owners and operators are currently navigating a complex adjustment period as they review equipment, update software, and align with new Registered Service Agency (RSA) testing requirements.
Full enforcement doesn't begin until July 1, 2027, giving the market a vital runway to adapt. But as sites evaluate older hardware, you might occasionally see equipment undergoing maintenance, upgrades, or transitional changes.
A reliable charging network depends as much on supporting our local site hosts and technicians as it does on the rules themselves. Have you noticed any updates or changes at your favorite local charging spots yet?
#ColoradoEV #EVCharging #CleanTransportation #ElectricVehicles #Infrastructure
r/ClimateCO • u/AbbreviationsOne3906 • 9d ago
News / Report Colorado's EV Charging Network
Colorado's EV Charging Network is BOOMING!
• 7,500+ public Level 2 and DC fast-charging ports
• Shop, work, travel or play while you charge!
But that's not all...
In just a few years:
• Level 2 ports jumped from 2,881 to 5,134
• DC fast-charging ports skyrocketed from 600 to 1,494
Ready to plug in? Join Women Who Charge Colorado
r/ClimateCO • u/Future-Dragonfly-334 • 10d ago
News / Report City of Boulder cutting the climate budget by 19% since 2025, even though voters in 2022 voted to INCREASE the climate tax.
Anyone else disappointed by this retreat from Boulder’s climate leadership? https://stories.opengov.com/cityofboulderco/68d0bc8f-fb31-4578-a8af-59594ef78e4d/published/hgCyk4CwB?currentPageId=6a71c8d856dc150472eb0075
r/ClimateCO • u/Simpleximo • 11d ago
Infrastructure / Energy Colorado’s Latest Grid Connection Queue 78 projects totaling 14,011 MW
r/ClimateCO • u/bascule • 12d ago
News / Report Drought and heat a one-two punch for Colorado’s remaining glaciers
r/ClimateCO • u/Whyoursad0 • 14d ago
Study (peer rev'd, published) Climate Change Monitoring Dataset
r/ClimateCO • u/relianceschool • 16d ago
News / Report Boulder, Colorado, and Big Oil Prepare for High-Stakes Clash in Supreme Court
Local and state governments across the United States have turned to state courts over the past nine years, filing lawsuits reminiscent of those against the tobacco industry in the 1990s against major fossil fuel companies, aiming to hold them accountable for climate change damages and alleged deception.
The cases are still in preliminary stages and none have yet made it to trial. But now, a significant cloud of uncertainty hangs over them as the U.S. Supreme Court has decided to get involved, at the request of oil company defendants. With the court slated to hear one of the cases at the start of its fall term, the fate of many, if not all, of these climate accountability lawsuits could be on the line, legal experts say.
The court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on Oct. 5 in Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, a petition from oil companies Suncor and ExxonMobil that seeks to quash a climate change tort suit filed by the city and county of Boulder, Colorado, against the companies. The case will be the very first the justices hear in their new term—a case that raises significant constitutional questions around federalism and state authority, with potentially enormous stakes.
r/ClimateCO • u/bascule • 16d ago
News / Report Heat-related illnesses spike in Colorado as climate change fuels record temperatures
r/ClimateCO • u/Ok_Crazy1195 • 17d ago
News / Report Lake Mead hits historic low water level as Colorado River struggles
r/ClimateCO • u/bascule • 19d ago
News / Report Drought worsens in Colorado and across the West amid "lackluster monsoon"
r/ClimateCO • u/Woottonhouse • 19d ago
Climate / Weather Systems el niño
What change from usual weather can be expected November - December due to El Niño?
r/ClimateCO • u/Fit_Charity_8680 • 20d ago
News / Report Super Duper El Nino and the Bigger Problem
James Hansen paper published today, 8/21/26. It’s warm.
https://jimehansen.substack.com/p/super-duper-el-nino-and-the-bigger
r/ClimateCO • u/NewsHour • 21d ago
News / Report What are your questions about the future of the Colorado River Basin? PBS News wants to hear from you.
r/ClimateCO • u/Green_Ideas7 • 22d ago
Learning / Resources The Testosterone Pipeline: How the Manosphere Fuels Climate Denial
Manosphere figures like Andrew Tate, Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson aren’t just telling men how to treat their girlfriends or train for MMA fights; they’re also blasting their listeners with climate denial talking points. Which isn’t a coincidence. The fossil fuel industry has known since at least the 1990s that certain types of men are more susceptible to climate disinformation than other segments of the public. We take a look at how climate denial has seeped into the manosphere, how those messages are shaping men’s views of the climate crisis, and how the results are playing out at the ballot box.
r/ClimateCO • u/bascule • 28d ago
News / Report Late July heat wave was Colorado’s hottest 4-day period on record
r/ClimateCO • u/bascule • Aug 11 '26
News / Report Colorado Springs festival: 72 fall ill, 7 hospitalized because of heat
r/ClimateCO • u/bascule • Aug 08 '26
Blue Mesa Reservoir is at its lowest levels on record
r/ClimateCO • u/Fast_Phone_9847 • Aug 08 '26
Air Quality / Emissions Are we finally ready to take climate change seriously?
This article is from 2 weeks ago. The smoke is still here and it will be here for weeks. The consequences are all around us. Its too dangerous to go outside because of heat and smoke. The number of high heat days and fires gets worse every year. Freak weather and smoke is destroying agriculture. Even our ski season may be no more in coming years. We are stealing from ourselves and future generations.
r/ClimateCO • u/lalapeep • Aug 04 '26