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82% of new cars and trucks sold in Colorado must be electric or zero-emission within a decade, state says

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:24:21 GMT

When you visit an auto dealer’s showroom in Colorado in the coming decade, most of the cars and trucks for sale will run on rechargeable batteries after state regulators on Friday approved a plan to increase the number of electric vehicles on the state’s roads.The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission established a rule that will require increased electric offerings starting with model year 2027 and then, by model year 2032, 82% of all new cars sold must be electric or zero-emissions vehicles. The commission also agreed to revisit the rule in 2029 to consider extending the requirement to 2035.The plan was supported by Gov. Jared Polis’s administration, and is in line with his goal to have more than 2 million electric cars and trucks on the roads by 2035 as part of an overall effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Already, the state is requiring 40% of semitrailers and other large trucks sold in Colorado to produce zero emissions by 2035.The rule does not outl...

Migrants staying in Denver shelters topped 3,000 at peak this month, but daily arrivals have slowed

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:24:21 GMT

For more than a year, Denver officials and nonprofit leaders have struggled to aid the thousands of people who have arrived in the city fleeing violence, economic instability and hopelessness in their home countries. More than 24,900 migrants have accessed services in Denver since Jan. 1, according to city data.The number of migrants living in hotels and shelters provided by Denver skyrocketed in the past month, though it’s been going down. Officials have attributed the rise to more people arriving at the country’s southern border, primarily from Venezuela, as well as leaders in border towns like El Paso, Texas, and the Texas governor chartering more buses to send people to Colorado.The number of migrants staying in Denver shelters as of Friday was at the lowest it’s been since Oct. 3 — 2,668. On Tuesday, that number was 3,040, and the record high of 3,136 was recorded earlier this month. Denver Human Services spokesperson Jon Ewing said that figure could con...

Keeler: Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic “slowed down” and “let outside noise” affect him last spring? Ha! Memo to Kendrick Perkins: More distractions. Please

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:24:21 GMT

Jamal Crawford told me that Nikola Jokic got distracted last year. If that’s what “distracted” looks like, faith and begorrah. Could someone distract him some more? Please?“To be honest with you, I thought the Joker allowed some people in the media to kind of deter his mission that he was on,” Crawford, the TNT/Warner Bros. Discovery hoops analyst, said recently. “I thought he could have won a third (MVP award), but I thought he kind of slowed down and said, ‘You know what? I don’t even care about this. I want to win a championship.’ And kudos to him, because he did it and won what was important.“But I thought if he would’ve came with that same kind of vigor that he had to start the season, we could easily be talking about him with three straight MVPs as well. I mean, Joel (Embiid) had an unbelievable season. But I just thought Joker slowed down just a little bit. But maybe the outside noise got to him a little bit.&#...

Grading The Week: Did you see ex-Broncos OLB Randy Gregory’s 49ers debut? No wonder Jerry Jeudy wants out of Broncos Country

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:24:21 GMT

No wonder Jerry Jeudy wants out of town so badly.Did you see Randy Gregory’s San Francisco debut during the Niners’ 19-17 loss at Cleveland last weekend? If you’ve got a week stomach, you might not want to look back: One game, one sack, two tackles for losses, three quarterback hits.Now to frame those numbers in Orange and Blue glasses, that puts the veteran pass-rusher on a pace over 10 games with the 49ers to amass 10 sacks, 20 TFLs and 30 QB hits.In 10 games with the Broncos, the former Nebraska star and Jerry Jones cult hero totaled just three sacks, four tackles for loss and nine quarterback hits.All of which got the Grading The Week kids thinking: Was it Gregory? Or was it … us? (And by “us,” we mean Sean Payton.)Ex-Broncos thriving yet again — D.If a 1-5 start at Dove Valley isn’t enough of a pain in the backside of Broncos Country, take a gander at how a few notable ex-Denverites have fared in their new NFL towns lately. Or don’...

Chavez: EPA finally confirms dangers of leaded airplane fuel

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:24:21 GMT

An Environmental Protection Agency finding this past week confirms what residents around small airports nationwide have shouted for decades: Leaded aviation gasoline is poison.The long overdue EPA finding states clearly that emissions from piston-engine aircraft that use leaded aviation gasoline, known as avgas, are a public health hazard. This finding is an important step toward desperately needed avgas regulation.The Biden Administration’s EPA made the finding after years of advocacy by Earthjustice and other organizations. The finding was influenced by a 2021 scientific study commissioned by Santa Clara County on risks near Reid-Hillview Airport in San Jose.The county study revealed children living near Reid-Hillview faced lead exposure similar to what the residents of Flint, Mich., faced during that city’s 2014 water crisis. The EPA finding cites the county study numerous times.While the EPA finding is an important first step toward ending lead exposure from avgas, there’s still...

Leigh overcomes injuries in BVAL-Santa Teresa Division victory against Overfelt

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:24:21 GMT

SAN JOSE — Leigh quarterback Tyler Donaldson had to be helped off the field after taking a big hit in the third quarter with the game on the line.To that point the game was a classic run vs. pass matchup — Overfelt’s ground and pound attack out of an ultra-compressed double wing vs. Leigh’s quick-strike aerial show. But with Donaldson out and Leigh’s backup quarterback unavailable due to a concussion, wide receiver Carter Williams moved to quarterback. That is until he got injured and had to leave the game.With no more quarterbacks left the Longhorns had to improvise with a direct snap to running back Shayan Shariat and, no frills, just power it up the middle.Shariat’s 2-yard run for a touchdown with 2:33 left provided breathing room, making it a two-score lead. and Leigh held on for a 23-14 victory.“Our game plan this week was to just pass the ball, pass the ball,” Shariat said. “Once our quarterback went out we had to overcome ...

Gongloff: Taxing cheeseburgers could help save the climate

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:24:21 GMT

In the universe of possible tools to fight climate change, it’s hard to think of one that would be more politically toxic than a tax on cheeseburgers. You might as well put a tax on puppies, ice cream or even fun. And yet that cheeseburger tax might be a key to keeping catastrophic global warming at bay.Imagine a fantasy future Earth in which kindly aliens or wizards eradicate fossil fuels overnight, replacing every gas tank, power plant and jet engine in the world with green alternatives. Would this mean the end of worrying about climate change? Sadly, no. And the reason, mainly, is those cheeseburgers.Livestock farming is a dynamo of greenhouse-gas emissions, contributing roughly 18% of the global total, in the form of carbon dioxide, methane from cow burps and nitrous oxide from fertilizer. This is not to mention the associated deforestation, pollution and biodiversity loss, all of which also warp the climate. Even if every other source of warming gases vanished overnight, food p...

Overnight I-95 accident in Fort Lauderdale leaves at least 1 dead

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:24:21 GMT

The southbound lanes of Interstate 95 in the Fort Lauderdale area reopened after a deadly wreck shut them down. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 2 a.m., leaving the lanes closed for most of Saturday morning. Authorities received a call about a fatal wreck on I-95, just south of Broward Boulevard, where several vehicles were involved. Troopers are still investigating the scene and have not reported who the victim was. The lanes are open with a normal flow of traffic. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

We won’t leave, Palestinian Authority leader tells Cairo summit

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:24:21 GMT

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday the Palestinian people would not be displaced, in an address at a peace summit in Cairo aimed at preventing the Israel-Gaza crisis from escalating into a regional war.“We warn of the danger of [the] displacement of our civilians from their houses or their displacement from the West Bank or from Jerusalem,” said Abbas, who leads the PA, which is in charge of semi-autonomous parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. “We will never accept this forcible displacement and will stand tall on our land,” Abbas added.The West Bank has seen a surge in violence since the Hamas militant group’s surprise attack on Israel near the Gaza Strip on October 7, which killed more than 1,400 people. At least 83 people have been killed in clashes with Israeli settlers and police in the West Bank, Agence France-Presse reported Friday.In retaliation for Hamas’ attack, Israel declared a siege of Gaza, launching...

Multiple people hurt after car crash in Nashua, NH

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:24:21 GMT

Multiple people were hurt in a car crash in Nashua, New Hampshire early Saturday morning, fire crews confirmed.The crash happened around 7:15 a.m. near 40 Tinker Road.Officials said the victims were taken to a local hospital.No further information was immediately available.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.