Tag: Colorado

EconomyGovernmentPolicy

Voters in Colorado and Texas to Decide Divergent Tax Policy Measures This November

Colorado voters face two tax hike measures to fund universal school lunches, while Texas considers multiple constitutional amendments prohibiting new taxes. The divergent approaches reflect broader fiscal policy trends between states.

State Tax Policy Divergence on November Ballots

While national attention has focused on redistricting efforts, sources indicate voters in Colorado and Texas will decide significantly different tax policy measures this November that reflect broader fiscal trends. According to reports, Colorado’s Democrat-led legislature has referred two tax increase measures to voters, while Texas’s Republican-controlled government is proposing multiple new taxpayer protections.

by Desai Priyanka
Climate ControlEarth Sciences

Climate Change Intensifies Wildfires Globally, Report Shows Burned Areas Expanded Dramatically

Human-driven climate change dramatically increased the scale and destruction of wildfires across the Americas, according to a new international report. The assessment found burned areas in some regions were up to 35 times larger due to climate impacts, with global emissions from fires reaching over eight billion metric tons of CO₂.

Climate Change Drives Extreme Wildfire Expansion

Human-driven climate change has made wildfires in parts of South America and Southern California many times larger and more destructive, according to the second annual “State of Wildfires” report published in Earth System Science Data. The international assessment co-led by the UK Center for Ecology & Hydrology, UK Met Office, University of East Anglia, and European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts reveals unprecedented scale increases in burned areas directly linked to climate impacts.

by Desai Priyanka