Without fanfare on Friday, Gov. Jared Polis announced that he had signed into law a major climate-change bill championed by top Democratic lawmakers and environmental groups — but also signaled, yet again, his disagreement with many of those groups on how best to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. The governor’s office said in a press release on Friday that Polis had signed 19 bills into law, including House Bill 21-1266, a measure strengthening regulations on greenhouse gas emissions in several key sectors and requiring a variety of new environmental-justice efforts at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. HB-1266 was the last bill passed by lawmakers in the Colorado General Assembly before it adjourned on June 12. To view the full article visit Colorado Online.
