Colorado Today

May 13, 2025: Suing Exxon over climate disasters, SNAP cuts, real estate makeover, monarch migration


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A Colorado lawsuit moves forward to hold Exxon Mobil and Suncor responsible for disasters like wildfires made worse by climate change. Then, Republicans propose changes to SNAP benefits, or food stamps, including adding work requirements and transferring costs to states. Plus, new valuations for office towers in Denver are low; if those buildings close, what’s the future of the area? And, up to three quarters of all bugs have vanished. You can help save at least one species: the monarch butterfly, which is migrating through Colorado.

This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel and Bazi Kanani. It’s edited and produced by Stephanie Wolf, Mateo Schimpf and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Rachel Estabrook. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.

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Read more on the stories in today’s show:

  • CPR’s Sam Brasch reports on Boulder’s lawsuit over climate disasters.
  • CPR’s Caitlyn Kim reports on plans under consideration to cut SNAP.
  • CPR’s Sarah Mulholland reports on why it’s not a great time to own an office building in Denver.
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