Denver climate tax hike aims to fund pollution reduction efforts

Denver voters will be among those casting ballots in a handful of major U.S. cities on measures tackling climate change, and prospects of a measure passing locally look good, organizers say. Denver ballot measure 2A asks to increase that city sales tax rate 0.25% to start paying for city greenhouse gas emissions-reduction projects that could cost hundreds of millions of dollars in coming years. The climate sales tax hike is projected to raise $36 million annually after accounting for the pandemic…