Climate Change And Colorado (72 KB)
Climate Change and Colorado: this page discusses the potential impacts of global warming or climate change on the State of Colorado.
Financial Assistance - Colorado
The EPA Global Warming Site: Financial Assistance section provides information on financial assistance available for greenhouse gas emission reduction actions.
LED Traffic Signals (Colorado) (57.4 KB)
In 1996, the City and County of Denver began replacing traditional incandescent bulb traffic and pedestrian signals with LED (Light-Emitting Diode) signals, which use less electricity to produce the same amount of light output as traditional traffic signals.
WindSource: A Green Pricing Program for Marketing Wind Power (Colorado) (30.2 KB)
As part of an effort to encourage clean and renewable energy, the Land and Water Fund of the Rockies (LAW Fund), a nonprofit organization, has developed a grassroots, community based approach to marketing wind power to residential, commercial/industrial, governmental, municipal, and rural customers in Colorado.
Action Plans
State action plans describe how a state might reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as the potential impacts of those reductions.
Legislative Initiatives
This page lists recent legislative activities in various states.
State GHG Inventories
The State Emission Inventories section provides a broad overview of greenhouse gas emission sources and sinks, introduces key concepts, and discusses the primary drivers for the growth in greenhouse gas emissions.
Deserts
The EPA Global Warming Site Desert Impacts. Scientists at NASA have suggested that in the long run, a worldwide expansion of deserts is likely.
Rangelands
The EPA Global Warming Site: Impacts on Rangelands. Today, a large portion of U.S. "rangelands" is administered by the federal Bureau of Land Management, which leases grazing rights to private ranchers. Availability of water in these areas is often the single most important factor determining the value of land for grazing. The decline in western water availability suggested by several studies would seriously decrease the economic viability of grazing on these lands
Climate Change, Wildlife, and Wildlands - Case Study - Western Mountains and Plains (711 KB)