Author: Danny Katz
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A sensible path to electrifying everything | OPINION
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Danny Katz The ability for Coloradans to switch to electric-powered vehicles, appliances and homes in 2023 has significantly advanced, thanks to technological advancements and big federal and state investments, helping us tackle our ozone pollution problem and the extreme weather fueled by climate change. Now, the state’s newly released 2023 Colorado Electric Vehicle (EV) Plan…
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THE PODIUM | Step on the gas — toward cheaper, cleaner electric cars
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Danny Katz “Air pollution levels bad – exercise indoors.” That’s the message we saw this summer on a CDOT billboard. It’s the same message we saw last week, watching the brown cloud descend on the Front Range, forcing us to breathe some of the worst levels of particulate matter – the pollution that harms your lungs –…
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THE PODIUM | Rising fuel efficiency is good for our wallets — and our health
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Our quality of life in Colorado depends on clean air and low transportation costs – which will be undermined by the Trump administration’s recent actions to roll back fuel efficiency standards and let car companies produce less technologically advanced cars with lousier gas mileage. Since the federal government adopted clean car standards in 2012, requiring…
