Fort Collins Sustainability Group

The goals of the recycling component of the Climate Action Plan include diverting 50% of all solid waste generated in Ft. Collins away from the landfill by 2010. The City Council took an important step toward that goal last year by changing the rules governing residential trash service to make it easier for people in single-family homes and small multi-family complexes to recycle.

Appeared in the Ft. Collins Coloradoan on June 3, 2010

Sens. John Kerry and Joe Lieberman should be commended for finally introducing a bill in the United States Senate to address the problem of global climate change. Although it is a step in the right direction, their proposed American Power Act, or APA, does not go nearly far enough to successfully avert climate catastrophe. The Fort Collins Sustainability Group, therefore, urges Colorado Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet to work to improve the bill as outlined below.

Appeared in the Ft. Collins Coloradoan on May 5, 2010

On April 19, a representative of Americans for Prosperity was in Fort Collins on a publicity tour claiming that the Environmental Protection Agency was out to ticket people at family barbecues and impose fines on anything with a motor.

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