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The environment desk at Aspen Public Radio covers issues in the Roaring Fork Valley and throughout the state of Colorado including water use and quality, impact of recreation, population growth and oil and gas development. APR’s Environment Reporter is Elizabeth Stewart-Severy.

Carbondale aims for carbon neutrality

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The Carbondale Board of Trustees is scheduled to review a draft Climate Action Plan tomorrow night.

 

The Town of Carbondale asked two local energy organizations, the Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE) and the Clean Energy Economy for the Region (CLEER), to update a 2006 plan. This current version has the lofty goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050.

The plan addresses five sectors: buildings, renewable energy supply, transportation, waste and local food. In addressing the town’s carbon footprint, the document says, Carbondale will work toward energy independence and stimulate economic development.

Trustees plan to discuss the draft document Tuesday at a work session that begins at 6 p.m. at Town Hall.

Aspen native Elizabeth Stewart-Severy is excited to be making a return to both the Red Brick, where she attended kindergarten, and the field of journalism. She has spent her entire life playing in the mountains and rivers around Aspen, and is thrilled to be reporting about all things environmental in this special place. She attended the University of Colorado with a Boettcher Scholarship, and graduated as the top student from the School of Journalism in 2006. Her lifelong love of hockey lead to a stint working for the Colorado Avalanche, and she still plays in local leagues and coaches the Aspen Junior Hockey U-19 girls.
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