A city-owned Nissan Leaf charges at Aspen’s Rubey Park fast charger in July 2022. The city is committed to converting its entire fleet of vehicles to EVs by 2050.
Michael is a reporter for Aspen Public Radio’s Climate Desk. He moved to the valley in June 2025, after spending three years living and reporting in Alaska. In Anchorage, he hosted the statewide morning news and reported on a variety of economic stories, often with a climate focus. He was most recently the news director of KRBD in Ketchikan.