Tag: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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Louisville, Colorado claims to be first city in America with 100% green trash collection
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The city of Louisville will be the first in the nation to use a 100% electric fleet of trash and recycling collection vehicles after renewing a contract with Republic Services. But you likely won’t hear the new vehicles coming until they slam a neighbor’s waste…
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Federal grants open for electric school buses, state grants on the way
Tens of millions of dollars in grants are available to Colorado school districts seeking to replace diesel school buses with electric-powered, zero-emission alternatives. Gov. Jared Polis, local leaders and representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency gathered at an Aurora elementary school on Wednesday to promote the electric school bus grants, urging school districts to take…
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Polis vetoes bill requiring commercial, multifamily buildings to have electric car charging stations
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis added another veto to his 2022 list, turning down a bill that would have required certain commercial buildings and multifamily residences to include electric vehicle charging stations, depending on the building’s size. House Bill 1218 would have applied to new high-occupancy buildings, as…
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Denver considers new fee-based waste diversion program
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver is considering expanding its residential waste services to provide weekly recycling and composting services to all customers with a new leveled fee structure. The program would charge residents in single-family homes and small multifamily buildings a different amount monthly based on the size of…
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Denver airport on track to meet sustainability goals in emissions, energy use, water use
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver International Airport is on track to hit a number of environmental sustainability goals set in 2017, reducing the airport’s greenhouse gas emissions, energy use and water use. To date, the airport has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 30,476 metric tons since 2017,…
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Denver OKs emission reductions for large buildings, $26 million in solar energy projects
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council unanimously passed two bills Monday that will establish new emissions regulations for large buildings and greenlight a $26 million contract for solar energy projects throughout the city. The first bill requires all large commercial and multifamily buildings in the city to…
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What’s next for Colorado’s controversial commuter reduction plan
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s controversial plan to reduce single-occupied vehicle commutes among metro Denver’s large companies isn’t dead, but it’s taken on a new life. The Colorado Department of Health and Environment’s Air Quality Control Commission stood poised to finalize a whole slew of regulations that would have…
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Colorado backs off large company commuter rules, seeks voluntary compliance
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment apparently believes the carrot is going to work better than the stick when it comes to getting large companies in metro Denver to reduce the number of employees commuting to work in single-occupancy, gas-burning vehicles. The department…
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Proposed new rules to curb Colorado commuters rile businesses
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The state of Colorado wants all large businesses in the metro Denver area to track what their employees do before and after work when it comes to commuting. It wants those employers to “increase parking charges” for gas-powered vehicles, appoint an “Employee Transportation Coordinator” to…