Issue Position: Protecting the Environment and Promoting Energy Efficiency

Issue Position

Manmade climate change is real and represents a threat to our national security. Clean air, water, and soil are essential for our economic survival and the well-being of our communities. We need to expand community recycling and composting programs and work to develop appropriate end markets. We must also fight to conserve our natural resources and resist the auctioning off of our public lands to the highest bidder. We respect scientists and support efforts to promote renewable energy, energy conservation, and the transition to a green energy grid. Managing growth and modernizing transportation systems should be done with an eye on reducing our reliance on fossil fuels, conserving limited water resources, honoring intersectionality, preserving our parks and open spaces, and ensuring a just transition for impacted workers and families.

This session I was proud to help lead the fight against the "ban on bans", Colorado's state law that blocks local governments from taking action on single-use and other plastics. I also support increased severance taxes and taking steps to ensure that polluters are actually punished and fines actually collected.

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