CSBJ Daily

The Board of County Commissioners entered into a due diligence agreement with Craddock-Walden Investments, LLC to grant a conservation easement for 73.188 acres of undeveloped land located near Interstate 25 and State Highway 16 in southern El Paso County.
The conservation easement will preserve the land for outdoor recreation and open space, […]

Representatives from the El Paso County Environmental Services Department attended a public meeting in Denver last night to recommend removing the Preble’s Meadow Jumping Mouse from the Federal List of Threatened and Endangered Species in El Paso County.
The move comes after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced on Nov. 1 that the Preble’s mouse […]

U.S. homeowners have less than one month to utilize a federal tax credit aimed at encouraging home energy efficiency.
The measure, created by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, allows for a credit of up to 10 percent – or $500 – of the cost of materials for certain home improvements completed before Jan. 1, The […]

The Honda Motor Co. has reached the sales mark of 60,000 hybrid cars, which means the Internal Revenue Service will begin to phase out tax credits for hybrid purchases.
The tax law mandates that tax credits for buying hybrid cars begin to phase out during the second calendar quarter after the quarter […]

The El Paso County Environmental Services Department has acquired nearly 114 acres of land to be used for open space, trails and parks.
The land is adjacent to Latigo Trails Subdivision northeast of the intersection of Woodmen and Meridian roads.
El Paso County’s land development code requires developers to dedicate land or fees for regional parks, trails […]

A national report released this week gives Colorado high marks its implementation of environmental standards.
The report from America’s Clean Energy assigned gold, silver and bronze stars to each of the 50 states based on five energy related policy areas: having a renewable energy standard, adopting the clean cars program, establishing energy efficiency programs and appliance […]

Denver-based restaurant chain Chipotle Mexican Grill said this week that it will drop items from its menu containing the growth hormone rBGH by year’s end.
The hormone is used to stimulate milk production in dairy cattle.
Chipotle began serving sour cream free of the growth hormone last year. Over the past few months, the company has […]

An independent policy group has given Colorado Springs high marks for its strides in water conservation.
Springs’ single-family residential per capita water use decreased 32 percent since 2000, according to a report released this week from Western Resource Advocates.

Per Capita Water Use
Gallons per person per day in Colorado Springs

 
2000
2005
2006

Single-Family Residential
127
99
96

System-wide Potable
217
175
174

System-wide Total
245
201
198

The report names the Springs, […]

This year Old Colorado City will replace incandescent holiday lights with LED lights like the ones pictured here. Christmas lights photo courtesy of HolidayLEDS.com
Old Colorado City has traded in its old incandescent holiday lights for new LED lights.
The new bulbs are more efficient and offer a different kind of glow.
Planners of the annual “It’s Chistmas […]

Gov. Bill Ritter catapulted the state into the greenhouse gas policing arena with the launch of the stat’s Climate Action Plan yesterday.
Calling climate change the nation’s greatest environmental challenge, Ritter outlined details of the plan at Coors Field in Denver.
The plan calls for two greenhouse-gas reduction goals: 20 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and […]