Energy Efficient Buildings Would Reduce Global Warming Pollution, Save...
Colorado families could save $358 every year on their electricity bills by 2030 if the government invests in the energy efficiency of our buildings today, according to a new report by Environment...
View ArticleOver 720,000 Pounds of Toxic Chemicals Dumped into Colorado’s Rivers
Industrial facilities dumped over 700,000 pounds of toxic chemicals into Colorado’s waterways, more than a third of which went into the South Platte, according to a new report released today by...
View ArticleNew Obama Clean Cars Standards would Slash Pollution and Pain at the Pump
As Coloradans get ready for summer road trips, an Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center report finds that cleaner, more fuel efficient cars would significantly slash oil consumption and...
View ArticleLandmark Policy Reduced Energy Use by the Equivalent of 100,000 Homes Reduces...
It’s been five years since the Colorado legislature passed a law, HB 07-1037, which directed the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to develop energy efficiency goals and incentives for the state’s...
View ArticleEPA Proposes Life-Saving Soot Pollution Standards
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency put forth updated air quality standards for deadly "soot" pollution.
View ArticleMore Than 2 Million Comments Nationally and Almost 50,000 in Colorado...
Colorado conservation groups supporting clean air safeguards announced they have collected almost 50,000 comments from Coloradans and a record two million nationwide in support of the Environmental...
View ArticleHouse Appropriations Committee Votes for Dirty Water and a Slew of Damaging...
Washington, DC--Today, the House Appropriations Committee passed by a 26-19 vote the Interior and Environment Appropriations bill. The bill would slash EPA’s budget by about a fifth for fiscal year...
View ArticleRocky Mountains at risk, Colorado wilderness protections attacked
Environment Colorado released a new report today revealing that pristine areas across the Rocky Mountains including Rocky Mountain National Park and hundred of miles of Colorado wilderness and Roadless...
View ArticleThe Costs of Fracking: Environment Colorado Documents the Dollars Drained by...
Denver, CO: Firing a new salvo in the ongoing debate over the gas drilling practice known as fracking, Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center released a report today documenting a wide range...
View Article1 out of 4 Coloradans Live in Areas Hit by Recent Weather Disasters; New...
Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center released a new report about extreme weather events in Colorado and the extent to which local communities are impacted by these events. The report...
View ArticleManitou Springs Feeling the Heat of Global Warming Pollution from Power Plants
A new Environment Colorado Research and Policy Center report finds that power plants are Colorado's single largest source of carbon pollution. The report comes three days before the Obama...
View Article30,000 Coloradans Petition Xcel Energy to Withdraw Anti-Solar Proposal
Nearly 300 concerned Coloradans converged in Denver to oppose a proposal from Xcel Energy to roll back one of the state’s most successful solar programs. The energetic crowd braved wintery temperatures...
View ArticleClean Energy Policies Are Cutting Carbon Pollution in Colorado
As temperatures warm up and the next season of wildfires draws near, Colorado is proving that we can win the fight against global warming. Clean energy policies, such as Colorado’s Renewable Energy...
View Article6,100 Coloradans Tell PUC: Don't Let Xcel Roll Back Energy Savings
On Earth Day, coalition of groups including Environment Colorado and the CoPIRG Foundation delivered over 6,000 petitions and dozens of letters from elected officials to the Public Utilities Commission...
View Article6,100 Coloradans Tell PUC: Don't Let Xcel Roll Back Energy Savings
On Earth Day, coalition of groups including Environment Colorado and the CoPIRG Foundation delivered over 6,000 petitions and dozens of letters from elected officials to the Public Utilities Commission...
View Article6,100 Coloradans Tell PUC: Don't Let Xcel Roll Back Energy Savings
On Earth Day, coalition of groups including Environment Colorado and the CoPIRG Foundation delivered over 6,000 petitions and dozens of letters from elected officials to the Public Utilities Commission...
View Article6,100 Coloradans Tell PUC: Don't Let Xcel Roll Back Energy Savings
On Earth Day, coalition of groups including Environment Colorado and the CoPIRG Foundation delivered over 6,000 petitions and dozens of letters from elected officials to the Public Utilities Commission...
View ArticleEPA Proposes First-Ever Limits on Carbon Pollution from Power Plants
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed the first-ever federal limits on carbon pollution from power plants, the largest single source of global warming pollution in America. Environment...
View Article849,610 Pounds of Toxic Chemicals Dumped into Colorado’s Waterways
Industrial facilities dumped 849,610 pounds of toxic chemicals into Colorado’s waterways in 2012, according to a new report by Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center.The “Wasting Our...
View ArticleNew Report: Electric Cars Are Putting the Brakes on Pollution
The report, “Driving Cleaner: More Electric Vehicles Mean Less Pollution,” shows that electric vehicles could prevent more than a million metric tons of climate-changing carbon pollution annually in...
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