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Vice President Kamala Harris participated in a panel discussion on the climate crisis at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities west of Denver on March 6, 2023. Democratic U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen of Lakewood was also on the panel. (Screenshot from White House livestream)

Kamala Harris visits Colorado to highlight Biden administration’s climate action

BY: - March 7, 2023

Vice President Kamala Harris joined an audience of Colorado elected officials and other stakeholders in Arvada to talk about the Biden administration’s latest efforts to tackle climate change. In a panel discussion led by U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen of Lakewood as well as rock climber and environmental advocate Sasha DiGiulian of Boulder at the Arvada […]

Workers attempt to move a damaged rail car at the site of train derailment that released hazardous chemicals into a town near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. (Photo courtesy of the Environmental Protection Agency)

Federal government to send medical experts to site of Ohio train derailment

BY: - February 17, 2023

WASHINGTON — The federal government is sending medical personnel and toxicologists to conduct public health testing following the derailment of a train carrying hazardous materials that released into a small town near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. A team from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be […]

For kidney patients, the water crisis in Jackson holds especially high stakes

BY: - August 31, 2022

Thousands of Jacksonians with kidney failure rely on clean water to power the dialysis treatments that keep them alive. As the city’s water system collapses, dialysis providers have brought in tanker trucks full of water to ensure patients don’t have to miss their treatment. Lack of access to clean water also creates risks for patients […]