Colorado officials: Greenhouse gas emissions are declining
Colorado officials say greenhouse gas emissions in the state peaked in 2010 and have been in decline since.
Colorado Air Pollution Control Division Director Gary Kaufman says the decline rate has been small, but it is expected to increase by 2030.
The data is included in the Colorado Public Health and Environment’s draft inventory of the state’s greenhouse gases.
The report projects 125.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and other gases will be emitted in the state in 2020. That’s down from nearly 127 million metric tons in 2015 and 133 million metric tons in 2010.
A new state law aims to cut emissions to at least 90% of 2005 levels, or about 113 million metric tons, by 2050. Officials project the state will still be well above that goal in 2030.
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Marianne Goodland
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Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner
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Marissa Ventrelli
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Michael Karlik
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Updated 7 hours ago
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Michael Karlik
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Updated 7 hours ago
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Democrat Matt Cavanaugh ends campaign in Colorado’s 5th CD, says petition firm came up short
Ernest Luning
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Updated 4 hours ago
Democratic congressional candidate Matt Cavanaugh said Wednesday that he was ending his bid to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th District because the firm his campaign hired to gather petition signatures failed to deliver. Cavanaugh, an Army...
Colorado voters to decide whether to ban gender surgeries for minors
Marissa Ventrelli
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Updated 2 hours ago
Colorado voters will decide this November whether to prohibit gender surgeries for minors and bar public funding or insurance coverage for procedures that alter children’s biological sex characteristics. The measure qualified for the ballot amid a push by the federal...
Democrats want to bar use of consumer data to set Colorado prices, employee wages
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 hours ago
A closely divided House committee advanced a bill aimed at curbing the use of personal data to set individualized prices and wages, reviving a proposal that failed last year and setting up a broader debate over how far the state...
10th Circuit rejects ‘potential for violence’ when police arrest vehicle occupant’s romantic partner
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 10 hours ago
The Denver-based federal appeals court rejected the idea on Tuesday that a vehicle occupant poses a danger to police solely because they are romantically involved with another occupant who officers are arresting. By 2-1, a three-judge panel of the U.S....
Colorado justices grill debt collector about compliance with law
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court repeatedly pressed a debt collection company last week to explain how its lawsuit against a Boulder woman for an unpaid credit card balance complied with the specific requirements that state lawmakers have created. Portfolio Recovery Associates,...
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