Author: Dave Davia
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PERSPECTIVE: Make Colorado’s clean energy practical
Colorado is at a crossroads: How do we meet our climate goals without worsening affordability, straining energy reliability, limiting our workforce, or driving up the cost of doing business? As members of the Colorado Energy Crossroads Coalition, a diverse statewide coalition of labor, business, utilities and consumer advocates, we share a commitment to meeting Colorado’s climate goals. But…
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PERSPECTIVE: Colorado’s prosperity is on the brink
By J.J. Ament, Debbie Brown, Dave Davia, Loren Furman and Kourtny Garrett When a company leaves Colorado, no one wins; especially not the line cooks, delivery drivers, bookkeepers, or the small businesses depending on them. Too often, business departures are shrugged off as isolated or inconsequential incidents. They are not. Their departures are a sign of the growing disconnect…
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GUEST COLUMN: Right goal, wrong approach to reduce building emissions
Those of us in Colorado’s real estate construction, service and ownership community agree building efficiency and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions are a priority. We are proud of the advances we have made to support these efforts, beginning with the creation of the LEED Program in the late 1990s, an industry-led program to reduce…