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Two coal-fired power plants to close or convert to cleaner sources.

Environment Colorado members and our allies delivered hundreds of signatures to the Public Utilities Commission, urging its members to resist pressure from polluters to roll back the Clean Air, Clean Jobs plan. Ultimately, the PUC required that two of the state’s oldest, dirtiest power plants close or convert, keeping 70,000 pounds of toxic emissions out of the air. But other coal-fired plans are still spewing pollution. We need your help to keep up the fight. 

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EPA announces plan to restore water protections.

After thousands of members of Environment Colorado and our sister organizations urged the EPA to act, Administrator Jackson announced a plan to restore Clean Water Act protections. We’ve since delivered more than 100,000 public comments in support of clean water protections. We need your help to make sure the public’s voice is heard above the din of corporate lobbyists and special interests. 

Result

At 54.5 mpg, a big step forward.

After Environment Colorado and our sister organizations delivered more than 10,000 public comments in support of cleaner cars, President Obama announced a plan to double national fuel-efficiency standards by 2025: the single biggest step this country has ever taken to end our addiction to oil and tackle global warming.

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Finding local solutions to global warming

Colorado is leading the way in the fight to stop global warming. We helped convince Gov. Bill Ritter to commit to big reductions in our state’s global warming pollution: 80% below 2005 levels by 2050.

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Promoting clean energy for Colorado

Our staff and members helped convince state leaders to double our clean energy goal to 20% by 2020. In 2008, we passed legislation to incentivize and bring down the costs of renewable energy and energy efficiency improvements for homes and businesses.

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