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Greenpeace Conducts Own Study to Challenge FIS’ Claims on ‘Climate Positive’ Status

Greenpeace published a study in late May this year that called out claims by the International Ski & Snowboard Federation’ FIS’ of being ‘climate positive’ as nothing more than ‘greenwashing.’ The study was conducted by German consultant ‘Mission Zero’ and called into question several of the claims made by FIS in the past months. The key points Greenpeace and the […]
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Biden Signs Inflation Reduction Act Into Law

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On August 16, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law after the House of Representatives had narrowly voted in its favor last Friday with 220-207 votes. President Joe Biden remarked during the Act’s signing, “With this law, the American people won and the special interests lost.” Related: A Climate Change Win: Arapahoe Basin, CO, Chief Speaks Out in Praise […]
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USA Poised to Reclaim Leadership Role in Climate Change Debate as House of Representatives Votes on Inflation Reduction Act This Friday

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On August 7 the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) passed the Upper Chamber of the US Congress. The House of Representatives will vote on this act on Friday the 12th. The IRA is a compromise on the previously proposed Build Back Better Act (BBBA). In a nutshell, the IRA aims to raise $739 billion of which roughly half ($369 billion) will […]
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Plant-Based Boots From Scarpa Are Saving The World $1 At a Time

Passionate about skiing, passionate about performance, passionate about boot-making, passionate about sustainability. Northern Italy’s family-owned and operated SCARPA has been a leader in the boot-making world since the late 1930s, bringing alpinism within reach to those who search for it and providing them with the best performance equipment available. Responsible for not just a revolution in technical boots for skiers across […]
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Utah’s Guardsman Pass Closed for the Season Due to “Ongoing Winter Weather Conditions”

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by UDOT Cottonwood Canyons (@udotcottonwoods) Utah’s Guardsman Pass in the Wasatch Mountains is now closed for the season due to “ongoing winter weather conditions.” You know what that means… The Utah Department of Transportation wrote in an Instagram post regarding the pass’ closure: “Well folks, you knew this moment was […]
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