Poudre Valley Greens
OPPOSE Amendment
37
"Renewable"
Energy Initiative
Resolution
Whereas national Green policy states that Energy management must be governed
by
the principles of Conservation, Efficiency, and Clean Renewables, and
The Green
Party strongly opposes the rampant and damaging policies of corporate
industrial
farming and calls for a national shift away from these practices. and
Whereas the incineration of animal wastes with no specified limitation
creates
undue burdens for rural, often poor communities,
and
Whereas specifying no limits to renewable energy credits for animal
and animal wastes may subsidize large Concentrated Animal Feedlot Operations
(CAFOs), and
Whereas the incineration of urban wood waste which is largely contaminated
with
plastic, chlorine, heavy metals such as arsenic, paints, preservatives,
andformaldehyde creates additional pollution when burned by releasing
these pollutants into the air and by creating new pollutants such as
dioxins
and furans, particulates, and greenhouse gases, and
Whereas giving renewable energy credits for burning urban wood wastes
may subsidize sprawl,
and
Whereas the promotion of such waste incineration competes with responsible
clean
renewables such as wind and solar,
and
Whereas biomass legislation must define specific wastes, amount limits,
and destruction methods instead of leaving that solely to industry and
government,
and Whereas local communities affected by such biomass use must be an integral
part in any decision making process,
and
Whereas the Colorado Renewable Energy Ballot Initiative creates the
aforementioned problems,
Therefore be it resolved,
That for these reasons, the Poudre Valley Green Party opposes the Colorado
Renewable Energy Ballot Initiative, BI-145.
Approved July 19, 2026
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