Tag: Greenhouse Gas
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EDITORIAL: Trampling Colorado’s locals on energy, housing
What’s the common thread between Gov. Jared Polis’ roadmap to green energy and his agenda for affordable housing? That is, aside from the fact each will backfire on the state’s economy in one or more ways. The answer is that both steamroll local laws that are more in tune with the needs of their communities…
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Colorado Supreme Court green-lights lawsuit over climate change impacts to Boulder County
Justice Carlos Samour, writing in dissent, believed it would be ‘chaos’ to allow local governments to sue fossil fuel producers
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Federal judge dismisses lawsuit against state, Denver energy standards for large buildings
Industry associations alleged their member buildings will have to replace products and appliances that exceed federal standards in order to comply with the state and local programs
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Colorado justices mull lawsuit over fossil fuel producers’ liability for alleged local climate change harms
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Members of the Colorado Supreme Court considered on Tuesday whether to permit Boulder County and the city of Boulder to seek damages against two oil and gas producers for the harms they allegedly caused over multiple decades by concealing and misrepresenting the dangers of climate…
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Denver OKs emission reductions for large buildings, $26 million in solar energy projects
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council unanimously passed two bills Monday that will establish new emissions regulations for large buildings and greenlight a $26 million contract for solar energy projects throughout the city. The first bill requires all large commercial and multifamily buildings in the city to…
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Proposed new rules to curb Colorado commuters rile businesses
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The state of Colorado wants all large businesses in the metro Denver area to track what their employees do before and after work when it comes to commuting. It wants those employers to “increase parking charges” for gas-powered vehicles, appoint an “Employee Transportation Coordinator” to…
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Pandemic emissions reduction hasn’t helped ocean acidity, CU research finds
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Research led by the University of Colorado Boulder found that the drop in greenhouse gas emissions during the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t influenced the ocean’s acidity levels like it was hoped. These findings were presented Friday at the American Geophysical Union 2020 Fall Meeting by CU…