environment colorado
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Support Colorado’s SEED Act to rein in pesticides | OPINION
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By Brad Kuhn Colorado has an opportunity to take a smart, science-based step forward by passing the SEED Act, SB26-065. This legislation does not ban tools farmers rely on. It simply ensures that highly mobile, systemic pesticides are used when they are truly needed rather than applied automatically. In a state defined by water, agriculture,…
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Colorado follows a different drummer on federal emission rules
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WASHINGTON – The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment set itself on a collision course with the Trump administration this month when it proposed adopting the California standards for low emission vehicles. The Trump administration wants to largely abandon Obama-era Clean Air Act emission standards, but some environmentally-conscious states want to keep them. So…
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Colo. to adopt low-emissions vehicle standards under Hickenlooper order
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed an executive order Tuesday committing the state to the adoption of low emission vehicle (LEV) standards in an effort to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 26 percent by 2025. Colorado joins 12 other states and the District of Columbia, led by California, to take up emissions standards tougher than federal requirements…
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Denver’s ozone pollution prompts environmental policy concerns
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – An Environmental Protection Agency announcement Tuesday declaring Denver to be out of compliance with federal ozone standards is being used by some Colorado political leaders and environmentalists to criticize the Trump administration. The designation means Colorado officials must put together a plan to explain how they will meet federal air quality standards.…
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Denver cracks the top 10 for cities generating solar power, new report says
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Denver ranks ninth among cities in the country for generating solar power, according to an annual report from the Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center. Each year, the organization ranks nearly 70 major cities by megawatts of solar energy The top 10 were: The cities are ranked by those that have the most solar photovoltaic (PV)…
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THE PODIUM | Electric cars are leaving gas guzzlers in the dust
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Colorado is at a crossroads when it comes to the future of our transportation systems, as electric vehicles are increasing in popularity and hitting our streets in record numbers. The question is: Will our cities and towns be ready for this impending shift? Time is running out for our elected officials, municipal planners, transportation agencies,…
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Colorado mayors sign letter touting benefits of solar energy
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DENVER – Eight current or former mayors from Colorado signed a letter in support of more solar energy that was endorsed by a bipartisan group of 180 mayors from across the country. “Cities across Colorado should take steps to switch to solar energy,” said Garret Garner-Wells with Environment Colorado, which released the letter Wednesday. “By…
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Environment Colorado survey makes case for Right to Repair cell phones law
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As Apple users continue to fume about throttled batteries, Environment Colorado is making a case for a Right to Repair law for phones in the state. “We should be free to fix our stuff. People are resourceful, they can find ways to fix things and keep them from going to waste, ending up as pollution…
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Sen. Michael Bennet introduces bill to protect national monuments
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There’s a land rush starting today in Utah that at least one Colorado senator wants to make certain never happens in his state. Miners are staking claims to parcels of land in large swaths of what formerly was about 2 million acres of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Utah, along Colorado’s southwest…
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Global warming: ‘The canary in the coal mine has keeled over’
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Miners used to carry canaries in cages to alert them when dangerous gases had built up, warning them to exit the tunnels immediately. A new U.S. Government report report makes it clear that the canary in the coal mine has keeled over. It’s past time for us to heed the warning and act to eliminate…
