Merger Gives Might to WildEarth Guardians' Climate and Energy Program

WildEarth Guardians Joins Forces with Rocky Mountain Clean Air Action to Better Safeguard the Climate and Clean Air & Promote Clean Energy

Today, Rocky Mountain Clean Air Action officially joins forces with WildEarth Guardians. The merger brings together two of the region’s most effective environmental advocacy groups, giving an enormous boost to our success in safeguarding clean air and the climate here in the Rocky Mountain region.

"This is great news protecting the American West and its air and communities from the dual threat of climate change and the fossil fuel-based energy extraction," said John Horning, Executive Director of WildEarth Guardians. "Together, we’ll be able to greatly enhance our ability to reign in fossil fuel use, spur the development of renewable energy, and tackle climate change, the region’s greatest environmental challenge."

Founded in 2006, Rocky Mountain Clean Air Action has grown to be a regional force for clean air. Under the leadership of Jeremy Nichols, its director, the Denver-based nonprofit group scored a number of victories that have left the region’s air cleaner and healthier. Over the last two years, Rocky Mountain Clean Air Action has also championed a number of initiatives to tackle climate change.

Today’s merger brings Rocky Mountain Clean Air Action under the fold of WildEarth Guardians, a Santa Fe-based environmental group with offices in Denver and Phoenix. In doing so, the merger significantly enhances WildEarth Guardians' Climate and Energy Program and boosts the progress Rocky Mountain Clean Air Action has made toward cleaner air and a safer climate.

The merger also puts Jeremy Nichols in charge of WildEarth Guardians' Climate and Energy Program. His leadership, experience, and knowledge will be an invaluable asset as WildEarth Guardians expands its Climate and Energy Program to effectively tackle the climate crisis in the American West.

"The American West, with its long history of extensive fossil fuel development, is ground zero in the fight to save the climate," said Jeremy Nichols. "We’re ready to boldly take the lead to steer the American West toward a sustainable future."

WildEarth Guardians will continue to support all of Rocky Mountain Clean Air Action’s prior work, including efforts to clean up unhealthy ozone air pollution in the Denver metro region, clean up the CEMEX cement plant in north Boulder County, Colorado, and to hold the oil and gas industry accountable to safeguarding clean air and the climate throughout the region.

"This isn’t the end of Rocky Mountain Clean Air Action, it’s a new beginning," said Nichols. "Our success in advocating for clean air, climate, public health, and the environment will only improve from here on out."

Jeremy Nichols can be reached at the Denver Office of WildEarth Guardians, 1536 Wynkoop, Suite 302, Denver, CO 80202, 720-563-9306, jnichols@wildearthguardians.org.

For more information on WildEarth Guardians' Climate and Energy Program at http://www.wildearthguardians.org/ClimateEnergy/tabid/87/Default.aspx.


 

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