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The Locals Sale Teams Up With Protect Our Winters | Pop-Up Shops in Salt Lake City, UT, and Boulder, CO

The Locals Sale has just kicked off another busy season and has two pop-up shops coming your way in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Boulder, Colorado. The Locals Sale is on a mission to inject some sustainability and inclusivity into a world where a lift ticket can cost almost $300 per day, and winter jackets and pants can run into the thousands. […]
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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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Julia Schneemann |
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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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The SnowBrains Podcast #18: Jeremy Jones – Legendary Big Mountain Snowboarder, Climate Change Activist, CEO/Founder of Jones Snowboards

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This episode is brought to you by Ikon Pass In October 2020, we proudly announced the launch of “The SnowBrains Podcast.“ The SnowBrains Podcast has already broken into the top 17% of all podcasts, and we’re honored and humbled. Thank you! In this episode, Jeremy & Miles discuss big mountain snowboarding, switching from helicopters to human-powered snowboarding, Alaska, founding Jones Snowboards, […]
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Jeremy Jones Leaves O’Neill After Almost 20 Years of Support

Filmmaker, founder of Protect Our Winters, and freeride snowboarding legend, Jeremy Jones, has been ripping hard on a board for the past 30 years, and nearly 20 of those years were spent with trusted sponsor, O’Neill. Today, Jones parts ways with O’Neill after almost 2 decades of support from the Californian surf wear, surfboard, and snowboarding brand. Jones announced in […]
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Martin Kuprianowicz |
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