Study: Colorado highway plan could be bad news for green energy | Kiowa County Press

Published Friday, April 23, 2021
by Robert Davis | The Center Square contributor
(The Center Square) - Colorado's plan to expand its highway system could hinder the state's green energy goals, according to a recent study.
The Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), a Colorado-based green energy nonprofit, said in the 
study that expanding the state's roads could add as many as 70,000 cars per year to roadways. This could increase carbon emissions by 8 to 15 million tons per year by 2050, according to RMI.
Coloradans would travel an additional 1 to 1.5 billion vehicle-miles per year, which would represent a 2% increase over current measures.
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"As it stands, this project portfolio would negatively impact Colorado's greenhouse gas reduction goals," the study concluded.

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