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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Colorado Newsletter for Friday April 05, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Disabled American Veterans: U.S. Army Veteran, VA Recreation Therapist Foster Enduring Bond on Miracle Mountain
SNOWMASS, Colorado, April 5 -- Disabled American Veterans issued the following news: By Medina Ayala-Lo, Winter Sports Clinic Writer It's been nearly three decades since U.S. Army Veteran Brent King and his Spokane VA Healthcare System Recreational Therapist Vance Pease first met. This year, both men returned to Snowmass to participate in the 38th annual National Disabled Veteran Winter Sports Clinic, both professionally and personally as friends. "My introduction to the Winter Sports Clinic   more

History Colorado Expands Efforts to Meet the Childhood Enrichment Needs of Rural Colorado
DENVER, Colorado, April 5 -- The History Colorado issued the following news release: History Colorado is pleased to announce the expansion of its Hands-On History program into two rural communities in Eastern Colorado: Greeley and La Junta. Facilitated in partnership with the cities of Greeley and La Junta, this expands History Colorado's ongoing commitment to provide local communities with high quality, history-based enrichment and educational programs for children of working families. Pilote  more

National Jewish Health Awarded $2.6 Million Through Department of Defense Grant
DENVER, Colorado, April 5 (TNSres) -- National Jewish Health, a respiratory hospital, issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: * * * Research to examine the role of burn pit particulate matter in deployment-related lung disease. * * * Researchers at National Jewish Health will seek to understand the role of particulate matter exposure from burn-pits in causing or worsening asthma and asthma-like symptoms in military personnel. The four-year, $2.65 million research grant is funded   more

RMI and Five Global Banks Launch the Pegasus Guidelines - A Voluntary Emissions Measurement and Reporting Standard for the Aviation Sector
BASALT, Colorado, April 5 -- Rocky Mountain Institute issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: Today, RMI announced the launch of the Pegasus Guidelines, the first voluntary climate-aligned finance framework for the aviation sector, designed to help banks independently measure and disclose the emissions intensity and/or climate alignment of their aviation lending portfolios compared to a 1.5 degree C scenario. The aviation industry contributes 2.5% of global CO2 emissions and is the  more