colorado public interest research group
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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…
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Getting Denver out of the dumps and into the recycling bin
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Can an educational campaign propel Denver to the ranks of the top recycling cities in the country? After being trashed as one of the worst recycling cities in the country last year, the city will probe that question in joining with The Recycling Partnership on a pilot program. The nonprofit – which has helped…
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Proposed contribution limits for Colorado county candidates hardly a shoo-in
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For all the tight controls on campaign contributions to candidates for state office — no individual donor can give more than $1,150 to someone running for governor, and it’s lower for legislative contenders — the state imposes no restraints at all on a candidate for the Baca County Commission. Or for Larimer County treasurer. Or clerk and…
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Letter: O’Toole was wrong on transportation funding
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Editor: I disagree with Randall O’Toole’s recent op-ed regarding transportation funding. If our goal as a state is to move people and goods safely and efficiently, then it is shortsighted and ultimately harmful to limit state funding to only certain modes. Colorado needs to maximize mobility by investing in a wide range of infrastructure and…
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? Electric vehicle use urged for Colorado’s VW settlement funds
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Colorado public interest, environmental and public health organizations have called upon the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to use funds from the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal to support a transition to a zero-emission transportation future. At issue is $61.3 million Colorado will receive between 2017 and 2027 from a settlement between the U.S.…
