Clean Energy Solutions: Colorado's Potential to Reduce Global Warming Pollution and Public Health Damage with Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy


 

Publication Date: February 2002

Publisher: Colorado Public Interest Research Foundation

Author(s): Marianne Zugel

Research Area: Energy

Keywords: renewable energy; energy efficiency; public health

Type: Report

Coverage: Colorado

Abstract:

Current methods of generating electricity produce unacceptable levels of air pollution and contribute to global warming. Clean Energy Solutions demonstrates that by investing in widely available energy efficiency opportunities and abundant renewable energy potential, Colorado could reduce pollution and realize economic benefits. Energy efficiency is less expensive than generating electricity, and investing in renewable energy would create more jobs and generate electricity more cheaply than traditional nuclear or fossil fuel plants.