Given the grim IPCC report released yesterday, perhaps it is appropriate to consider at this point the "mortality cost of carbon" calculation:
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“Cutting greenhouse gas emissions quickly would save tens of millions of lives worldwide, a new study finds. It's the latest indication that climate change is deadly to humans, and that the benefits of transitioning to a cleaner economy could be profound.”
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It doesn't have to be this way, but if we don't act decisively now it will be. We must change how we are doing things, but change doesn't have to be negative. It can lead to better days ahead. (3/3)
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“But it’s not unexpected, and we have a pretty good idea what the long run looks like: It will be a painful transition, and in a couple of generations, the world will be different — different than the world that was, and different than the world that is now.” (2/3)
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Heat & disasters are everywhere this summer. “Climate science couldn’t predict it would be in 2021, as opposed to 2017 or 2023...” (1/3)
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Coming out of 2021 leg session, we have an awful lot of work to do on clean energy/climate at
. 7 openings in our regulatory policy team, building benchmarking/performance standards, and weatherization! Come make a difference!
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It seems Tri-State didn't get the answer from FERC it was hoping for.
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"Shocked by the blowback" - public engagement matters.
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The cost of burning carbon is real, just as any other cost associated with an activity. It should always be part of the discussion. writes a good informative summary of the issue in the .
An early look at the discussion of what the 30x30 plan to preserve 30% of the country's land and water may look like in Colorado.
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The differences in technology, cost, and emissions are among the reasons why we are seeing such a rapid shift in power production. We are starting to see the same dynamic with electric vehicles too.
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It's disheartening (tho I guess not surprising) to see so much of the discussion today devolve into "wind is unreliable" versus "no, gas is unreliable."
This is not a resource problem. This is a system problem.
CLIMATE. CHANGE. MAKES. EVERYTHING. UNRELIABLE.
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. — Climate Change is not just an environmental issue, it is an economic issue. All the smartest economists agree on this: The cost of fighting climate change now is nothing compared to the cost of suffering through it later.
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.@JanetYellen and I know that this is not a moment, it’s a movement – so we’re turning climate energy into climate action with climate finance. It is cheaper to prevent damage than it is to clean it up. Common sense. #HistoryIsHappening Climate 
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Joining Volvo which has said only hybrids and EV's by 2025.
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DID YOU KNOW: More than 250,000 Americans work in the clean vehicles sector -- making #EVs, hybrid EVs, and hydrogen/fuel cell cars.
Biden's push to phase-out the federal use of gas-powered vehicles means hundreds of thousands of new jobs across the U.S.
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This is a realistic assessment of what the policy landscape looks like in Congress for energy legislation. States will have to continue to lead on climate, but it will certainly help to have an administration on the same page.
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New Mexico's largest utility is set to be coal-free by 2024.
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Solid headline. Colorado could use this with some of its alphabet soup energy related agencies too.
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A pollution tax and zero-waste initiative will be in front of Denver voters this November if the language is approved and about 9,000 valid signatures are gathered.
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Excited to share that when I finish up my 8 years as a Boulder County Commissioner next week, I’ll become the next director of the SW Energy Efficiency Project. So thrilled to be joining such an impactful organization! @bouldercounty @SouthwestEE swenergy.org/press-release?
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Closing a coal plant early, without layoffs.
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The cost of #climate inaction will far exceed the cost of even the most robust of climate action. @ClimateWest
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“We can do this, we can afford this, but now it’s time to roll up our sleeves and figure out how to get it done.”
nytimes.com/2020/12/15/cli
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they put the NBA on ESPN theme over the vaccine’s entrance, I really love the internet sometimes
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Collaboration is good. We should do it to address the climate problem as a whole.
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Out of all the members of the alliance, Colorado saw one of the biggest growths in clean energy jobs between 2016 and 2019 — 13.9 percent. theverge.com/2020/12/10/221 via
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Win-win-win-win
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@GovofCO joins @holycrossenergy @bjhanneg to announce commitment to 100% carbon-free energy by 2030. "This 'race to the top' is good for our rates, our economy, our air and our climate, and is positioning us as a national leader on a swift transition to a clean energy economy."
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Addressing climate change will cost money. How much will is cost not to address it?
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“There is no reason to think that in 30 years much of anything will be as it is today,” one of the editors of a new report on the Arctic climate said.
Most agree the goal should be getting more electric vehicles on the road. The question is who pays the cost. Whatever the amount and whoever pays it will be less than the climate impact of doing nothing.
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WRA always does interesting work.
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Cleaner and cheaper energy.
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The drop in renewable costs over the past decade has really been amazing. Wind and solar went from two of the most expensive ways to generate electricity to two of the cheapest. Sure, there's more to the story than just these numbers, but still, a marvel. ourworldindata.org/cheap-renewabl
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