Carbon Emissions

Between new environmental justice legislation and a ban on a statewide cap-and-trade-policy we look at Colorado's goals for reducing carbon emissions, and how they state plans to achieve them.

Colorado lawmakers passed a series of bills this year addressing how buildings contribute to the state's overall greenhouse gas emissions. One piece of that legislation, sponsored by Democratic state Senate majority leader Steve Fenberg, is meant to encourage Coloradans to ditch their fuel-burning furnaces and water heaters in favor of electric heat pumps.

President Biden's pledging a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emmisions over the next decade. It's an ambitious goal with real consequences for the Mountain West.

Many oil, gas and coal-dependent communities around the Mountain West are concerned about the Biden administration's aggressive stance on climate change. But a recent survey of hundreds of economists around the world suggests that reducing emissions now will save us financially in the long run.

The Biden administration announced Friday that it's overhauling how it calculates the economic toll of greenhouse gas emissions, a change that could result in agencies placing tighter restrictions on oil, gas and coal producers in the Mountain West.

Janet Yellen is President Joe Biden's pick to be treasury secretary. And she's been a big proponent of a carbon tax .

Energy demand plummeted because of the pandemic shutdown. A big question is whether new habits like telecommuting and flying less will endure, and mean lower oil consumption in the future.

Last week Colorado College, a private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, announced that it had reached carbon neutrality. They say they are the…

Heat pumps offer one of the best ways to cut carbon in homes and commercial buildings, energy and climate experts say in a new report.

Humanity is not on track to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change. Delegations from nearly 200 countries are meeting to discuss promises they made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.