Interest in the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to cut the nation’s emissions of carbon dioxide by 30 percent by 2030 is running very high recently. Denver is one of four locations for public hearings the EPA will hold on the issue. The other locations are Washington D.C., Atlanta, and Pittsburgh. According to the EPA’s information […]
Colorado Taking the Decrease of Carbon Dioxide Seriously
June 9, 2014 by 1 Comment
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed rules to cut the nation’s carbon dioxide production 30 percent by 2030. Compared to other states, Colorado is far ahead in this goal. Colorado’s target emissions level for 2030 (under the EPA’s proposal) is 1,108 pounds of CO2 emissions per net megawatt-hour of electricity that’s produced. By comparison, in 2005, […]