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The town of Vail is working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicle miles traveled and ease commuting for income-qualified essential workers in Vail with the distribution of free electric bikes.
Kelli Duncan/kduncan@vaildaily.com After opting out of an updated Climate Action Plan prepared by the Climate Action Collaborative, the town of Eagle on Tuesday came out with its own, seemingly more ambitious sustainability goals. The Eagle Town Council passed a resolution Tuesday evening adopting a goal to achieve net-zero carbon emissions in town government’s internal operations by 2028 and in the “greater Eagle community” by 2030. “To move forward as a full squad and not be split on something that is probably the biggest existential threat to the town and to the species, I think it...
Special to the Daily The town of Eagle will host two more design workshop events Tuesday afternoon to get public input on the Grand Avenue Corridor Plan, which seeks to make the downtown stretch of U.S. Highway 6, known as Grand Avenue, safer and more accessible for drivers, bikers and pedestrians. The two events are far from the first or last opportunity for Eagle residents to weigh in on the plan, Eagle Assistant Town Manager Bill Shrum said. The town has created a Grand Avenue Corridor Plan website with several links where locals can make their thoughts, ideas and feelings known.
Kelli Duncan/kduncan@vaildaily.com Eagle Town Council members progressed toward the development of a sustainability plan Tuesday, a discussion which centered around how going green can be financially feasible — and maybe even beneficial — for the town. The council held a sustainability work session Tuesday evening that helped members form ideas on potential next steps after some voiced concerns around the financials and logistics of big-picture changes, Mayor Scott Turnipseed said. “We want to think about what are our grandkids are going to inherit, and that’s like a basic thing that ...
EAGLE — The Eagle Town Council is taking some extra time to consider its adoption of an updated Climate Action Plan prepared by the Climate Action Collaborative, a diverse partnership led by the Walking Mountains Science Center that includes some of the town’s staff. The updated action plan outlines strategies for Eagle County to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 50% from 2014 levels by 2030 and 80% by 2050. It calls for “emergency grade action” on climate and prioritization of strategies to immediately reduce carbon emissions. Some of those strategies include electrifying 5% of bu...