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“Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday said the state needs to massively and quickly expand public transit service and make it easier for Coloradans to walk and ride their bicycles to drastically reduce its reliance on cars and slash climate emissions.
‘This saves people money, reduces traffic and cuts pollution,’ Polis said at a press conference where he was flanked by legislative and environmental advocacy allies. ‘Today, too many Coloradans simply don’t have a safe, convenient alternative to driving for daily tasks, whether it’s getting to work or going to the grocery store.’
Colorado has made significant progress in meeting its climate goals, but the state’s reliance on cars has made reducing transportation emissions particularly difficult despite the growing popularity of electric vehicles. The Polis Administration’s ‘Colorado Transportation Vision 2035’ document is meant to address that shortfall and builds on several climate, housing and transportation policies and laws it’s drafted or supported in recent years.”
Launched on June 1, 2017 by the governors of Washington, New York, and California to help fill the void left by the previous administration’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, the Alliance has grown to include 24 governors from across the U.S. representing approximately 60% of the U.S. economy and 55% of the U.S. population. Governors in the Alliance have pledged to collectively reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 26-28% by 2025, 50-52% by 2030, and 61-66% by 2035, all below 2005 levels, and collectively achieve overall net-zero greenhouse gas emissions as soon as practicable, and no later than 2050.
The Alliance’s states and territories continue to demonstrate that climate action goes hand-in-hand with economic growth, job creation, and better public health. The Alliance reduced its collective net greenhouse gas emissions by 19% between 2005 and 2022, while increasing collective GDP by 30%, and is on track to meet its near-term climate goal by reducing collective GHG emissions 26% below 2005 levels by 2025. The coalition’s states and territories are employing more workers in the clean energy sector, achieving lower levels of dangerous air pollutants, and preparing more effectively for climate impacts and executing more pre-disaster planning than the rest of the country.
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