AIA 2021 Outstanding Legislator Award to Rep. Tracey Bernett
2021 AIA Colorado Design + Honor Awards Press Release
HB21-1303 Op-Ed
Tracey Bernett One of my favorite memories of the 2021 legislative session was when I was on the House floor urging my colleagues to vote for HB21-1303... at 10 pm on a Saturday night just a few weeks away from the close of session. There I was, talking about...
Marathoner, mother and now a legislator on how she sees her work for Colorado
Big Pivots Allen Best What is the social costs of carbon? To many in our community, this remains an abstract concept, one comprised of complex economics and a sea of variables. To me, the social costs of carbon are more than numbers and variables, they...
Social cost of methane changes the equation for Colorado utility policy
Energy News Network Allen Best As a growing list of states pass laws aimed at curbing carbon emissions, Colorado has widened its scope, taking the groundbreaking step of requiring state officials to consider the social cost of methane in regulatory decisions....
Colorado Passes Embodied Carbon Legislation — The Most Important Climate Solution You’ve Never Heard Of
Clean Technica Audrey Rempher & Victor Olgyay It is unlikely that you know how much carbon was produced by making your driveway. But if you did, you might think about ways to build it better. That is the concept behind the “Buy Clean Colorado”...
Polis signs bills on clean energy, water during stops in Denver
The Denver Gazette Pat Poblete Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday signed into law a slate of clean energy and water bills at a pair of ceremonies in Denver. The governor kicked off those two events at the Denver Botanic Gardens, where he signed five bills on...
Colorado Steps Up for Healthy Homes and Good Jobs
Natural Resources Defense Council Alejandra Mejia Cunningham Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed the first of four cutting-edge energy laws this afternoon to reduce climate-warming emissions as well as unhealthy pollution in homes and places of work....
Polis signs agriculture bill at Jack’s Solar Garden near Longmont
Longmont Times-Call John Fryar Three eastern Boulder County state lawmakers looked on Tuesday morning as Gov. Jared Polis signed an agriculture bill they’d sponsored in the Legislature’s recently concluded session. The measure, Senate Bill 21-235, “supports Colorado’s...
Polis signs state stimulus bills on energy, business, arts and events
Colorado Politics Pat Poblete Gov. Jared Polis on Monday opened the post-legislative session bill signing period with a flurry, signing into law more than a half dozen bills from the $800 million Colorado Comeback stimulus package in four separate ceremonies...
Guest Opinion: Leslie Glustrom: Legislators rise to climate challenge
Daily Camera Leslie Glustrom The rain around Boulder this spring was wonderful, but the chances of another hellacious wildfire season are still high — reminding us yet again of how serious the climate crisis is already — and we are only just beginning....