Expired: How date labels drive food waste and hunger
The most cost-effective solution to food waste is right under our noses. PIRG and Replate host food waste experts to discuss food date labeling.
Global warming solutions
A livable climate and a healthy future are possible if we work together to eliminate the pollution and practices warming our planet.
To avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change, from more powerful hurricanes to increased flooding and worsening wildfires, we need to work together to eliminate the pollution and practices warming our planet. That means taking collective action to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, transitioning to an electric vehicle future, and powering our lives with clean, renewable energy. And we can all do more to use less energy, and use it more efficiently. Fortunately, global warming solutions are all around us — we just need to use them.
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Energy Conservation & Efficiency
Stove efficiency standards finalized
U.S. pledges to triple renewable energy by 2030
It’s time for power plants to clean up their act
What You Can Do
Tell the U.S. Postal Service: We should be investing in clean electric vehicles, not dirty diesel ones
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Destination: Zero Carbon
2023 State of Electric School Buses in Colorado
Electric vehicles are good. We can make them better.
Less driving is possible
Did you know?
In the five minutes it takes to fill your gas tank, the U.S. government will give away over $190,000 in subsidies to the fossil fuel industry
What We're Doing
Our tax dollars shouldn't be propping up an industry that's contributing to the climate crisis. We're calling on Congress to end these subsidies.
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Colorado builds on federal incentives for electric vehicles, trucks, and home appliances
The Colorado legislature passed several bills this session that will help accelerate the adoption of cleaner and more efficient options for both transportation and our built environment. These policies complement federal incentives offered through the Inflation Reduction Act and American Recovery Act to incentivize consumers to purchase new electric vehicles and home appliances.
Denver Auto Show highlights new electric vehicles
As the Denver Auto Show kicks off this week, it's clear that electric vehicles have taken the main stage. With dozens of new models from dealers, consumers have more options in 2023 than ever before. From Audi’s compact Q4 e-tron to Ford’s F-150 Lightning pickup truck to Kia’s powerful EV6, the variety of electric vehicles are creating more opportunities for consumers to go electric and shows Colorado is poised to ramp up EV’s on the roads over the next few years.
New Biden clean cars proposal will spur electric vehicle adoption, slash pollution
The Biden administration proposed Wednesday some of the most ambitious vehicle pollution limits in the world, following similar actions by many U.S. states. The pending rule from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is designed to ensure that all-electric cars make up as many as 2 out of every 3 new passenger vehicles sold in the United States by 2032.
Bill to cut pollution from buildings and appliances passes House committee
The measure is a key piece of CoPIRG’s Ozone Agenda, a package of policies aimed at bringing Colorado’s ozone pollution below harmful levels.
Postal Service to purchase 9,000 electric vehicles and install 14,000 chargers
The USPS, which operates the federal government's largest fleet of vehicles, is doing its part to reduce emissions.
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Katz
Danny
Katz
Executive Director, CoPIRG
Rakov
Susan
Rakov
Managing Director, Frontier Group; Senior Vice President, The Public Interest Network