• B.C. introduces carbon tax
  The carbon tax will apply to virtually all fossil fuels, including gasoline, diesel, natural gas, coal, propane, and home heating fuel. B.C.’s carbon tax, the provincial government claims, will be the most comprehensive in the world.”"
  (tags: Canada carbon+tax legislation)

• Groups vow to fight carbon emissions cap-and-trade plan - Los Angeles Times
  “Low-income community groups in five California cities launched a statewide campaign Tuesday to “fight at every turn” any global-warming regulation that allows industries to trade carbon emissions, saying it would amount to “gambling on public health.”
  (tags: cap+trade controversy California)

• A Snow Plow for a Bike
  No kidding — An engineer at Fermilab is developing this. I’d love it if the Boulder bike paths were plowed better after a snowstorm!
  (tags: transportation bikes weather)

• The Moral Instinct (Steven Pinker, New York Times)
  “Voluntary conservation may help, but other strategies will have to be morally boring, like a carbon tax. Our habit of moralizing problems, merging them with intuitions of purity and contamination, can get in the way of doing the right thing.”

  (tags: carbon+tax morality psychology society motivation)
• Bill Requires HOA sto allow energy efficient devices (Colorado Matters)
  State Rep. Andy Kerr (D- Lakewood) is proposing a bill that requires Homeowners’ Associations to allow external energy-saving devices like clotheslines and solar panels. He speaks with Ryan Warner.
  (tags: residential HOA clotheslines solar wind regulation legislation state+legislature)
• HOA Legi-Slate: Energy Efficiency Measures Bill Introduced by Representative Kerr
  Here’s what HOAs think of the CO bill that would prevent them from forbidding external energy efficiency measures by residents.

• 100 Mile Diet: Local Eating for Global Change » Blog Archive » Colorado Creates Local Chefs; Ontario and Chicago Open Shops
  “Students will spend a week in the North Fork Valley of CO with local farmers & winemakers to learn about the soil, land and animals. After this, they will spend two weeks in restaurants with chefs who use these local, seasonal and organic ingredients.”
  (tags: agriculture food culture locavore education)

• The green governor says, ‘I’m trying’ (Bruce Ritchie’s Blog)
  “Florida’s ‘green governor” was put on the spot yesterday by reporters about his own efforts to protect the environment.” — Shouldn’t other governors (including Colorado’s Bill Ritter) get a bit more pushback on their eco-claims, too?
  (tags: Florida government states journalism)

• Beating the ‘green’ deadline : County News : Boulder Daily Camera
  “When Boulder builders realized the city would impose new, stricter “green” rules on home construction starting Feb. 1, they didn’t hesitate: They ran to city hall to get in under the deadline.”
  (tags: buildings residential county government Boulder)

• Xcel CEO bullish on renewables - Forbes.com Some utilities are fighting mandates for renewable energy. Xcel Energy Inc. has embraced the trend and would like to see some national standards on renewables for utilities.(tags: Xcel Colorado renewables utilities)
• Electric Light & Power - State line big factor in coal plant proposals The question often comes up when discussing the proposed coal-burning power plants in western Kansas: If most of the electricity is for people in Colorado, then why not build the project in Colorado”
  (tags: coal Colorado Kansas electricity pollution)
• Colo. coal shovels near record in ‘07 : Energy : The Rocky Mountain News After a brief lull, Colorado’s coal production posted its third-best year in 2007, slightly behind the highs of 2004 but ranking No. 7 among coal-producing states in the nation.(tags: coal Colorado)

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• Boulder: The smartest city in the US. (Forbes.com)
  “Boulder also has a draw outside the university. Boulder is one of the greenest cities in the United States, and the residents take advantage of the many outdoor recreational activities available to the students, professors and overwhelmingly young adult
  (tags: Boulder quality+of+life population culture recreation CU)

• Ritter adresses CU during “Focus the Nation” events Gov. Ritter said that climate change and global warming are especially big issues for Colorado because our second and third largest forms of economic security are from agriculture and tourism from ski resorts. (tags: Colorado University+of+Colorado Ritter global+warming climate+change agriculture tourism ski+industry)
• Rocky Mountain News — Rocky Talk Live: ‘Warming emissions’ tax to pay for renewable projects? How does the notion of paying about $2.50 per month extra on your home heating bill to fund renewable energy projects strike you? That’s the proposition Clean Energy Progress plans to place on the November ballot. (tags: Colorado home+heating+bill emissions+tax carbon+tax renewables)
• PR Newswire: Carbon Offsets Build Wind Turbine for Schoolchildren Through progressive initiatives led by Wray, Colo.’s school district, this community is rallying together to fight budget cuts and population loss in a very unconventional manner — by building a 335 ft. wind turbine. (tags: Colorado Wray wind clean+energy)

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