To meet ambitious 50% reduction by 2030 requires tougher limits on fossil fuels, more free transit and denser land planning.
Will Toor
Posted inTransportation
Federal electric vehicle tax credit change will turbocharge Colorado sales, local officials say
Electric vehicle buyers next year can get $7,500 in federal credit off the top at time of purchase, in addition to state rebates and other incentives.
Posted inBusiness
As Colorado’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure grows, the question remains: Who will pay for it?
Private companies are already making major investments in EV charging. But should monopoly utilities, like Xcel, support them or build their own?
Posted inEnergy
New Colorado energy rules will require solar and electrical hookups in all new buildings
Local communities must adopt the codes for new construction, while builders worry about cost increases.
Posted inEnvironment
Here are all the new EV and e-bike tax credits heading Colorado’s way
Denver relaunches popular e-bike vouchers and Polis proposes major new car-buying credits to promote clean electrification.
Posted inEnergy, News, Outdoors
Colorado’s energy czar, wife are recovering after a 1,000-foot fall while climbing in Rocky Mountain National Park
Will Toor was thinking he was at the end. He was pretty sure his leg was broken. He was shivering uncontrollably in the snow high in the mountains. He’d watched his injured wife limp away to get help two hours earlier. Every few minutes he’d holler for help. Then, in the distance, he saw two […]
Posted inClimate, Energy, Environment, News
Colorado regulators approve 3 utilities’ clean energy plans despite environmentalists’ objections
Colorado regulators have signed off on clean energy plans from three utilities despite objections from environmental groups claiming the plans include vague promises of green electricity and didn’t account for nearly 200,000 tons of dirty coal emissions. State clean energy officials say they’re satisfied the plans from Colorado Springs Utilities, Holy Cross Energy and Platte […]
Posted inBusiness, Climate, Economy, Education, Energy, Environment, News, Politics and Government
Budgets fat with fossil fuel revenue at odds with climate-change goals in states like Colorado
By Morgan Lee and Mead Gruver, The Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. — Government budgets are booming in New Mexico: Teacher salaries are up, residents can go to an in-state college tuition-free, moms will get medical care for a year after childbirth, and criminal justice initiatives are being funded to reduce urban violence. The reason […]
Posted inClimate, Energy, Environment, News
Colorado EV sales grew a lot in 2021. But was it enough to counter the impact of red-hot gas SUVs?
Sales of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles grew fast enough in 2021 that Colorado is on track to meet climate change goals, according to year-end statistics and state Energy Office analysts. But the state calculation of last year’s EV market share is 25% higher than the Colorado Auto Dealers Association analysis. Meanwhile, the […]
Posted inBusiness, Climate, Energy, Environment, News
Smells like a fossil fuel. Works like a fossil fuel. But these Colorado stations pump a gas with emissions less than zero.
The fuel that comes out of the gleaming pumps at X3CNG’s west Greeley station has the telltale smell of fossil fuel. It runs a big truck with the heavy-duty efficiency of a fossil fuel. But the impact of the transaction can be the opposite of burning fossil fuel. X3CNG and many of its competitors in […]