VIDEO: Opening Remarks and Session: Winter, Wilderness & Climate: Threats & Solutions

• Main Authors: Ramey, Jim, Bourgoine, Lindsay, Black, Jake
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Colorado Law Scholarly Commons 2016
• Subjects: climate change; energy; public lands; wilderness; winter; outdoor recreation; snowboarding; snowshoeing; coal; oil; natural gas; solar; wind; geothermal; oil and gas development; BLM; Bureau of Land Management; Colorado; Wyoming; New Mexico; Arizona; Montana; Nevada; Idaho; Washington; Oregon; California; pollution; Powder River Basin; national parks; snowsports industry; Park City; Aspen; greenhouse gas emissions; carbon budget; Paris Climate Agreement; POW; The Wilderness Society; innovative transportation; carbon pricing; clean energy economy; renewable energy; Comanche solar project; 100 Days; #Act on Climate; global warming; conservation; natural resources; clean energy technologies; transit; environment; corporate sustainability; training; next generation; environmental lawyers; policymakers; climate science researchers; climate change advisor; clean energy policy; Bill Ritter; Center for the New Energy Economy; Obama administration; Department of Energy; cities; states; tribes; Climate Action Plan; Colorado Law; wildlife; land; challenges; research; water system stresses; American West; people; increased population; global effects; diverse stakeholders; sustainable solutions; voices; climate impacts; winter recreation; snowsports activities; skiing; back country skiing; cross country skiing; splitboarding; climate issues; wild places; protection campaigns; wild areas; energy and climate campaign; 80 years; 700; 000 members; 12 offices; 1.3 million acres permanently protected; National Park Service; Forest Service; Fish and Wildlife Service; energy development; Fueling Climate Change; Our Broken Public Lands Energy Programs; renewables; no exit; 91 percent of Colorado land; oil and gas leasing; natural gas leaks; methane; capture; carbon dioxide; high concentrations; flaring; Pawnee National Grassland; energy waste; western oil fields; natural gas flares; unburned gas; air impacts; hot spot; ground-level ozone pollution; fossil fuels; Front Range; ozone problem; Colorado’s electricity; 55 percent from coal; June 2016; federal coal program; coal deposit; degradation; federal minerals; coal industry; coal burning; snowpacks; outdoor industry; tax loopholes; antiquated regulation; coal companies; public health; climate solutions; record-breaking heat; Secretary of the Interior; Sally Jewell; earlier springs; Protect Our Winters; nonprofit; Jeremy Jones; founder; snowsports community; professional athletes; Riders Alliance; outdoor industry brands; Science Alliance; policy work; emotional connection; outdoor enthusiasts; disappearing winters; dry rivers; receding glaciers; Jim White; INSTAAR director; Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research; POW Riders Alliance; outdoor lifestyle; sustainability in snowsports; global surface temperatures; northern hemisphere; snow cover; Keystone; Breckenridge; snowmaking; diminished snowpack; glacial recession; rising snow elevation levels; shorter season; Tahoe; Pacific Northwest; January rain; snow depths decrease; watershed; snow farming; Alaska; ski resorts; early closing; Whistler; higher elevation; 965; 000 jobs; winter sports recreation; $66 billion; annual revenue; downhill ski resort industry; $1.07 billion revenue loss; high emissions scenario; low snowfall years; winter tourism; winter jobs loss; rising economies; falling emissions; Paris Climate Change Agreement; talking; acting on climate; blind spot; reducing emissions; reduction goals; system reform; reforming oil and gas; guidelines; transportation sector; electric vehicles; fuel economy; fuel efficiency; EPA; Environmental Protection Agency; public transportation infrastructure; competitive market; cost effectiveness; cap and trade; carbon fee and dividend; social justice issues; corporate tax systems; social cost of carbon; carbon tax proposals; Clean Power Plan; Massachusetts; New York; Vermont; conversations; regulation; interstate commerce; international support; EU; European Union; China; Mexico; Canada; Australia; New Zealand; India; coal tax; investment; appropriations; green banks; solar project finance; New England; incentivizing renewable energy use; wind projects; geothermal projects; degraded landscapes; smart from the start; Comanche coal plant; solar panels; Ben & Jerry’s; New Belgium Brewing; 100 days to change our ways; Paris Agreement implementation; corporate partners; Ceres; BICEP; Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy; North Face stores; letter-writing parties; quote from Tom Bell; High Country News; Wyoming Outdoor Council; self-bonds; bankruptcy; solar and wind transmission; power to cities; Colorado Public Utilities Commission; Rush Creek Wind Project; transmission projects; transmission lines; placement of lines; NOAA; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Sandy McDougal; transmission design optimization system; energy storage; energy continuity; Western Electricity Coordinating Council; high voltage DC transmission lines; UN report; emissions from agriculture; crops; water use; meat; coalitions; coalition building; business community; CEO alliance; policy changes; business voice; business engagement; American Sustainable Business Council; partnerships; brands; consumer demand; Climate; Energy and Utilities Law; Energy Policy; Natural Resource Economics; Natural Resources and Conservation; Natural Resources Law; Natural Resources Management and Policy; Gas; and Energy; and Mineral Law; Recreation Business; Recreation; Parks and Tourism Administration; Sustainability; Arctic; Pacific; Wilkinson; Jeremy; Climate change; glacier*; glaciers; Global warming
• Online Access: https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/winter-wilderness-climate-threats-and-solutions/3; https://youtu.be/V7tH6uy5F3w

VIDEO: 5:30 p.m. Welcoming Remarks Speaker: Alice Madden, Executive Director, Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment SESSION: Winter, Wilderness & Climate: Threats & Solutions 5:35 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Moderator: Alice Madden, Executive Director, Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment Speakers: Jim Ramey, The Wilderness Society Lindsay Bourgoine, Protect Our Winters Jake Black, Protect Our Winters