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The environment desk at Aspen Public Radio covers issues in the Roaring Fork Valley and throughout the state of Colorado including water use and quality, impact of recreation, population growth and oil and gas development. APR’s Environment Reporter is Elizabeth Stewart-Severy.

Skadron: Withdrawing from Paris is 'downright dumb’

Courtesy of www.climate-mayors.org

President Trump’s announcement Thursday that the U.S. is withdrawing from the Paris Agreement hit close to home.

Aspen Mayor Steve Skadron attended the 2015 climate talks in Paris as part of the Compact of Mayors. He had some harsh words about Trump’s decision.

“I think it’s short-sighted, irresponsible and downright dumb,” he said.

Skadron said this reinforces the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the local and state levels. He has been working to form a statewide coalition of communities. Last month, officials from 22 cities and five counties agreed to act aggressively on climate change.

 

Aspen native Elizabeth Stewart-Severy is excited to be making a return to both the Red Brick, where she attended kindergarten, and the field of journalism. She has spent her entire life playing in the mountains and rivers around Aspen, and is thrilled to be reporting about all things environmental in this special place. She attended the University of Colorado with a Boettcher Scholarship, and graduated as the top student from the School of Journalism in 2006. Her lifelong love of hockey lead to a stint working for the Colorado Avalanche, and she still plays in local leagues and coaches the Aspen Junior Hockey U-19 girls.
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