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• Locations: News By Will Buzzerd Published Jun. 28, 2023

  Polis signs slew of laws to fight climate change

  A graph tracking Colorado's pollution in metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. Created in 2019, the blue line predicts pollution until 2050 without any policy change. The yellow line tracks the decrease made by 2019's Climate Action Plan, and the red line tracks the targets established by the same plan. This year's legislation will keep Colorado on track towards meeting these milestones. Graph courtesy Colorado Energy Office

  On June 9, The Colorado Energy Office announced that Governor Jared Polis signed a series of bills passed by the state legislature designed to equitably reduce carbon emissions through policy changes and a significant allotment of funding. 

  These new laws — ranging from establishing new… read more →