Environment

Is 2025 the Year that Colorado Goes Nuclear? Hopefully!0
- ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, Environment
- February 14, 2025
The Colorado House Energy and Environment Committee passed HB25-1040, “Adding Nuclear Energy as a Clean Energy Resource,” to the House floor on an 8 to 5 vote. Testimony went long and late into the evening. I couldn’t stay the entire time and submitted my written testimony online. I’ve provided it below, along with brief explanations
READ MORE
Unpacking Colorado’s Electric Vehicle Triumphalism 0
- ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, Environment
- December 9, 2024
Newly released electric vehicle sales data has Colorado policymakers patting themselves on the back for a job well done. The reality of the state’s vehicle market is slightly more complicated. According to a recent report from the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management, electric vehicles made up 25.3 percent of all new cars sold
READ MORE
Colorado’s Quixotic Push to Boost Recycling Rates 0
- Environment
- November 20, 2023
Colorado’s environmental watchdogs are back with their latest report on the state’s progress in boosting recycling, and the results are about what you would expect. The Colorado Public Interest Research Group (CoPIRG), the state chapter of the Ralph Nader-founded liberal advocacy organization, released the 2023 edition of its “State of Recycling and Composting in Colorado”
READ MORE

Colorado’s Energy Future: The High Cost of 100% Renewable Electricity by 2040 0
- ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, Environment, Issue Papers
- May 15, 2023
Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D.) campaigned for his first term in office on a platform of transitioning the state to 100 percent renewable energy by 2040. In his first year in office, Polis unveiled an official government “roadmap” to do just that. Since then, he has signed into law no fewer than 55 climate bills
READ MORE
California Finalizes Gas-Vehicle Ban. Is Colorado Next?0
- ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, Environment
- August 24, 2022
In 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D.) signed an unprecedented executive order banning the sale of new gas-powered cars and trucks after 2035. The order was then kicked to the California Air Resources Board (CARB), a state regulatory agency dedicated to air pollution, to formalize the rules in order to make Newsom’s decree a reality.
READ MORE
Study: Shoddy Public Charging Infrastructure Hampers EV Take-Up 0
- ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, Environment
- August 22, 2022
Policymakers at both the national and state levels are making a concerted effort to encourage the widespread adoption of electric vehicles among the general public. Here in Colorado, the Polis administration has set a goal of having 940,000 EVs on the road by 2030 as part of its plan to electrify the state’s transportation sector
READ MORE