Carbondale Could Be A Green Model

(Post Independent, July 24, 2009) CARBONDALE, Colorado — The town of Carbondale could become a “green” model for other communities around the country to follow, through a new federal grant program.

The intergovernmental Clean Energy Economy for the Region (CLEER) applied this week for a $300,000 EPA Climate Showcase Communities Grant on behalf of the town.

The grant would help further some of the town's already extensive efforts to cut down on its carbon footprint through the Carbondale Energy and Climate Protection Plan.

“Carbondale is well-positioned for this program due to a wide variety of policies, projects and actions already in place,” Alice Laird, executive director of CLEER, wrote in a memo to the Carbondale Board of Trustees explaining the grant program.

“If selected, it would add a valuable and inspiring rural model to the EPA's portfolio of examples,” she said.

The goal of the program is to create models of community programs, projects and other approaches that produce measurable reductions in emissions that can be replicated in other communities.

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