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When going green is dirty: Colorado's indoor cannabis farms produce 30% more greenhouse emissions 03/13/2021	A model of life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from indoor cannabis cultivation across the US. Depending on the region, indoor cultivation results in between 2,283 and 5,184 kilograms of carbon dioxide per kilogram of dried flower. In the five years after Colorado legalized recreational marijuana, indoor cannabis cultivation went from 1 percent of Denver's electrical consumption to 4 percent green house, Environment, Electricity
The DEA warns marijuana grow spots are the 'new meth houses' 08/04/2016	A June report by the DEA's Denver division warns of potential dangers and annoyances posed by large-scale marijuana growing operations hidden in residential neighborhoods. These operations can be a nuisance to neighbors, prompting complaints about "strong odors, excessive noise from industrial air-conditioning units, blown electrical transformers, and heavy vehicle traffic," according to the DEA. Beyond that, a big indoor marijuana operation requires lots of high-powered lighting, water, and ventilation. People making these modifications in a haphazard or amateurish way risk doing serious damage to their homes. DEA, Electricity, Water, neighborhood, grow sites
Marijuana-growing spikes Denver electric demand, challenges clean-power plan 07/10/2015	Citywide electricity use has been rising at the rate of 1.2 percent a year, and 45 percent of that increase comes from marijuana-growing facilities, Denver officials said Wednesday. Colorado-0, denver, Electricity, Environment
24 Mind-Blowing Facts About Marijuana Production in America 04/01/2014	"The only thing green about that bud is its chlorophyll." Environment, Growers, Electricity, grow sites, Water, traffic
The carbon footprint of indoor Cannabis production 04/17/2012	This article estimates the energy consumption for this practice in the United States at 1% of national electricity use, or $6 billion each year Environment, Electricity
tudy: Pot Growers Inhale 1% of U.S. Electricity, Exhale GHGs of 3M Cars 04/11/2011	The resulting price tag is about $5 billion in annual electricity costs, said Mills, who conducted and published the research independently from the Berkeley lab. The resulting contribution to greenhouse gas emissions equals about 3 million cars on the road, he said. Water, Electricity, Growers