Tag: Net Zero
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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 lawmakers criticize state agencies as they look to upend recent environmental rulemakings
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Three years after passing the “Environmental Justice Act” to target polluters throughout Colorado, environmentally focused legislative Democrats returned on Thursday with a similar bill that has a new target — a state government they claim is not following their orders. House Bill 1339, which passed…
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Businesses expected the worst in 2024 — they got ‘the most successful session in years’ | ANALYSIS
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save At the start of the 2024 legislative session, Colorado business leaders cringed at the thought of frustrated progressives not just bringing back bills that were killed by moderates in 2023 but pushing for even greater regulation. Yet, as Capitol custodians begin cleaning out the debris…
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Bill to raise short-term rental tax rates suffers defeat
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A bill that sought to quadruple tax-assessment rates for Colorado owners of active short-term rental properties died at its first legislative committee hearing on Tuesday, even after its author attempted to scrap the controversial tax hike in favor of studying the issue instead. Sponsoring Sen.…
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Large, contested fiscal notes could be obstacles for air quality bills
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As Colorado legislators sit down in the coming weeks to try to fit a large swath of spending bills into a small budget allocation that’s been left for them, three high-profile bills that came from an interim ozone committee face a two-tiered set of obstacles to becoming law. First, the proposals — Senate Bills 165…
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Panel of lawmakers considers whether carbon capture holds future in Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As Colorado aims to achieve 100% net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050, leaders of key state agencies argue that they can’t meet that goal without employing carbon-capture-and-sequestration techniques in hard-to-decarbonize sectors. But several environmental advocates — sometimes pitted against fellow environmental organizations — are pushing back…