Colorado
Some homes in Colorado not built to withstand today's climate
DENVER — There are homes in Colorado that are not built to withstand today’s climate. It’s making it very difficult for some families to live in them when it’s very cold or very hot out.
There are resources available in Denver and across the state to make a home more climate resilient, while still working to keep those changes affordable.
One of the areas, climate experts hope these resources can help, is along west Colfax in Denver.
“It’s vulnerable to extreme heat and poor air quality,” Mac Prather, with the City of Denver’s Climate Action Office, said.
It’s a neighborhood surrounded by pavement, asphalt, cement and not enough trees.
“Many households report reaching 80 to 95 degrees inside the living space,” Luke Ilderton, with Energy Outreach Colorado, said.
Then these families face the opposite problem when we hit a cold snap and some homes become unbearably cold. That can then lead to another problem — high heating bills.
Prather and Ilderton said some of the homes in Denver, particularly the ones built before the 80s, aren’t as energy efficient. The windows don’t insulate the homes as well and the houses don’t always have AC. Both experts said, that doesn’t work anymore with today’s climate.
“Having someone older in home or a young child that can be dangerous health situation,” Prather said
However, upgrading a home can be very expensive. It’s a major hurdle to lifting the entire city into a more climate resilient future. That’s why the City of Denver is trying to spread the word about heat pump rebates and tax credits that are available.
Another option is through Energy Outreach Colorado to help pay energy bills, whether that’s to warm up or cool down.
“I hope to see residents stay in the neighborhood, maintain the culture of the neighborhood and able to get more upgrade services to fix historic problems,” Idlerton said.
To make this as simple as possible, you can also call 1-866 HEAT HELP LINE or 1-866-432-8435 for more help with energy-related questions and assistance.
Some homes in Colorado not built to withstand today’s climate
Colorado
Colorado elections clerk set to be released from prison Monday based on her sentence commutation
DENVER, Colo. (AP) — Former Colorado elections clerk and conspiracy theorist Tina Peters is scheduled to be released from prison Monday after serving less than a quarter of a nine-year sentence for her role in a scheme to copy her county’s election system.
Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, commuted Peters’ sentence last month following pressure from President Donald Trump.
The Colorado Department of Corrections would not confirm the time of Peters’ release, and a representative for her attorney said Peters would not speak to the media when she is freed.
Peters was the first local election official to be charged with breaching security after the 2020 election. She snuck in an outside computer expert affiliated with My Pillow Chief Executive Mike Lindell — who himself denied that Trump lost the White House in 2020 — and the person copied the county’s Dominion Voting Systems computer server as it was updated in 2021.
Peters then joined Lindell onstage at a “cybersymposium” that promised to reveal proof that the election was rigged. Video and photos of the computer system upgrade, including passwords, were posted online. The move stoked false claims that voting machines were manipulated to steal the election from Trump.
Peters was convicted in 2024 of attempting to influence a public servant, conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, violation of duty and other crimes by jurors in Mesa County, a Republican stronghold that supported Trump. An appeals court upheld her conviction in April, but ordered Peters to be resentenced because it said the judge who sent her to prison wrongly punished her for speaking out about election fraud.
Trump had championed Peters’ case, but because the 70-year-old was convicted under state law, he did not have the power to pardon her. Instead, the president pressured Polis to do so, lambasting him on social media and disinviting him to a White House meeting with other governors. The Trump administration also announced plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado and relocated the U.S. Space Command to Alabama.
Polis commuted Peters’ sentence on May 15. In a letter, he wrote that although Peters was convicted of serious crimes and deserved to spend time in prison, the sentence was “extremely unusual and lengthy” for a first-time non-violent offender.
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat, called the move a “dark day for democracy” and said it amounted to ”selling out our state’s justice system for Trump.”
-
Rhode Island1 minute agoRISP Kent County Arrests May 30: Stolen Vehicle – WarwickPost.com
-
South-Carolina8 minutes agoSouth Carolina gas prices fall to $3.85 per gallon, officials warn volatility may return
-
South Dakota11 minutes ago
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in South Dakota’s state primary
-
Tennessee16 minutes agoSevere weather possible across Middle Tennessee, Southern Kentucky Monday
-
Texas23 minutes ago‘Where are all the kids?’: questions arise over treatment of pregnant minors in Texas ICE facility
-
Utah26 minutes agoUtah man charged after allegedly trying to kidnap Michigan girl
-
Vermont31 minutes agoWhy VT students are signing letters of intent with local employers
-
Virginia38 minutes agoAverage gasoline prices in Virginia have fallen in the last week: GasBuddy
