Author: Kevin Cross
Open Letter to Fort Collins PRPA Board Members on New Gas Plant
Dear Mayor Arndt and Utilities Director Minor – The FCSG and Northern Colorado Partners for Clean Energy (NCP4CE) continue to believe that the PRPA should complete its Integrated Resource Planning process before making any decisions…
FCSG Statement on PRPA’s Proposed New Fracked Gas/Methane Plant
This statement was extracted from comments made by Kevin Cross to the PRPA Board on September 28th, 2023. On September 28th, the Platte River Power Authority (PRPA) board considered a draft “dispatchable generation technology” resolution…
Fort Collins’ proposed tax increase is inadequate to meet its climate and transit goals
Published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan on September 17th, 2023 The Fort Collins City Council recently decided to ask voters to approve a 0.5% sales and use tax increase this November to partially address an…
FCSG Statement on Increasing the City’s Sales Tax to Support Our Climate Future and Other Programs
Statement posted on August 13, 2023 The Fort Collins Sustainability Group (FCSG) has reviewed Resolution 2023-074 submitting a ballot issue question to increase the City’s sales and use tax to support the Our Climate Future,…
FCSG Statement on the Continued Importance of a Large Emitter Tax
Statement updated on June 22, 2023 The Fort Collins Sustainability Group (FCSG) urges City Council to let the voters decide whether or not to impose a Large Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emitter Tax on corporate polluters…
Letter to City Council on Development of 1041 Regulations
Dear Mayor Arndt and Councilmembers Canonico, Francis, Gutowsky, Ohlson, Peel, and Pignataro, We, the undersigned, have been part of the Environmental Working Group (EWG) providing input to the City on the development of its 1041…
Just Transitions: Expanding the Scope
Just Transitions: Expanding the Scope Webinar, May 1, 2023, 12:00-1:30pm MDT Presented by the School of Global Environmental Sustainability at Colorado State University and cosponsored by the Center for Environmental Justice at CSU and the…
Letter to City Council in Support of a Large GHG Emitter Tax
Dear Mayor Arndt and Councilmembers Gutowsky, Pignataro, Canonico, Peel, Ohlson, and Francis – The Fort Collins Sustainability Group (FCSG) has been advocating for a large greenhouse gas (GHG) emitter fee or tax since the Council…
Letter to Council Finance Committee on Importance of Large Emitter Tax
Dear Councilmembers Francis, Pignataro, Peel, and Ohlson – The Fort Collins Sustainability Group (FCSG) has reviewed the packet for the Council Finance Committee meeting this Thursday. We would like to ask you to ask staff…
Letter to Council Finance Committee on Need for Detailed Information re: “Large Emitter” Tax
Dear Councilmembers Francis, Pignataro, Peel, and Ohlson – Representatives of the Fort Collins Sustainability Group (FCSG) met with members of the City climate team last Friday to discuss several issues, including potential ballot initiatives to…