State seeks input on climate plan update - Journal Advocate

State seeks input on climate plan update - Sterling Journal-Advocate

The State of Colorado is seeking input from residents as it works to update its climate plan.

The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Pollution Reduction Roadmap (“Roadmap”) incorporates statutory goals to reduce economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions in Colorado 50% by 2030 and 100% by 2050 from a 2005 baseline. The updated Roadmap will model pathways to meet or exceed these goals and identify a new set of near-term actions to guide state climate efforts over the next three years and beyond.

An in-person Community Workshop will be held June 8 in Greeley, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at LINC Library, 501 Eighth Ave., where residents can share priorities, concerns, and ideas on how to meet our climate goals. Community input will help inform the updated climate plan. Dinner, childcare, and Spanish and Somali language interpretation will be provided. Sessions are also planned this month in Pueblo, Durango, Grand Junction and Craig, and a virtual workshop will be offered from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 27.

To register for a workshop, go to bit.ly/3IV9MzF.

“We’re proud of all the work we have done so far to achieve our greenhouse gas reduction goals,” said Colorado Energy Office Deputy Director Dominique Gómez. “Community input is essential to ensure the update of the roadmap continues to make rapid, equitable progress towards reduced emissions, good-paying jobs, and cleaner air for all Coloradans.”

In addition to in-person meetings, the State will hold sector-specific roundtables on topics including transportation, electricity generation, oil and gas, industry, building energy use, and land use and agriculture, as well as stakeholder focus groups for local governments, advocacy organizations, and others. The state will announce details for these engagement opportunities at a later date.