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Brandon Rietheimer, campaign manager for the Denver Green Roof Initiative, stands in the rooftop garden at the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center on March 3. Denver voters passed Initiative 300 last week, requiring all new buildings of 25,000 square feet or larger to devote a portion of the roof to gardens and other green coverings that would absorb rainfall and reduce heat.
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Brandon Rietheimer, campaign manager for the Denver Green Roof Initiative, stands in the rooftop garden at the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center on March 3, 2017. Denver voters passed Initiative 300 last week, requiring all new buildings of 25,000 square feet or larger to devote a portion of the roof to gardens and other green coverings that would absorb rainfall and reduce heat.

Re: “,” Nov. 8 news story.

As a volunteer for the Denver Green Roof Initiative, I am extremely grateful to the Denver voters for approving Initiated Ordinance 300 with a convincing 8.6 percent margin. And I am very encouraged that Mayor Michael Hancock and City Council members have pledged to respect the will of the voters and to make a good-faith effort to implement the initiative.

We’re well aware that what we’re asking Denver to do is not a small thing. It was not intended to be a small thing. Globally, cities makes up 2 percent of the Earth’s landmass, but account for 70 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. We must put the brakes on climate change in any way we can, and cities are a logical place to do so. This green roof and solar mandate puts Denver in the forefront of sustainable cities. We can all be proud of that.

ѾԻ岹ұ,Denver

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