emissions reduction
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Denver’s aging trash collection trucks, lack of drivers could doom new ‘pay-as-you-throw’ program
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Denver’s new trash collection program may be foundering before it even launches. The pay-as-you-throw program, approved by a split city council vote in June, faces an uphill battle as Denver’s Solid Waste Management Division of the Department of Transportation & Infrastructure may not be able to meet the program’s requirements, according to Denver Auditor Timothy O’Brien. …
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Transportation funds in Colorado to be linked to reduction of greenhouse emissions
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A state commission approved a new rule Thursday that will tie together transportation planning and greenhouse gas emissions in a way no other state has attempted. The new rules require large metropolitan areas, such as the Denver and Colorado Springs areas, to model how major road extensions and expansions could increase carbon emissions from cars…
