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We burn too much of the Colorado natural gas that’s heated and powered our homes and businesses and we continue to drink the black gold, the Texas tea, the crude oil that powers transportation for too long. Our relationship with fossil fuels has done us a great service and brought humanity into the industrial age, but we are long overdue for this tough breakup. As a friend and mentor, Randy Udall used to say, “Now, it’s time to say goodbye.”
Too much of a good thing ushered in the era of climate change. Its effects can be felt all around us as we experience more wildfires, long-term drought in the Southwest, extreme temperatures in the arctic, flooding in the Midwest and rising seas on the East Coast.
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A nonprofit housing organization just completed a 30-unit affordable housing project in Carbondale. The Red Hill Lofts open this month with rents substantially below market.
A local nonprofit that for almost 30 years has worked to reduce energy consumption and is now zeroing in on a carbon-free, net-zero future for the Roaring Fork Valley received initial support from Aspen’s elected officials Monday to receive $1.2 million next year.
As a check-in with Aspen City Council to gauge how it feels about releasing money from a fund that generates revenue through mitigation fees for energy-sucking developments, Mona Newton, executive director for the Community Office for Resource Efficiency, gave officials an update on what the organization has accomplished and where it’s going in the future.
This year has served as a transition year for CORE, as its main funding source, the Renewable Energy Mitigation Program, is beginning to dry up as new construction is bound by stricter building codes that require energy efficiency measures.