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Colorado wildfire victims hit ‘green’ building code hurdle

FILE - Barba Hickman, left, surveys her destroyed home in Louisville, Colo., with her daughter-in-law, Austen Hickman, Jan. 2, 2022. Some homeowners recovering from Colorado's most destructive wildfire in history, which decimated entire neighborhoods near Denver late last year, say they could end up paying tens of thousands of dollars more to rebuild because of environmentally sustainable construction standards passed shortly before the blaze. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert, File) FILE - Rex Hickman sifts through the rubble of his burned home in Louisville, Colo., Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022. Some homeowners recovering from Colorado's most destructive wildfire in history, which decimated entire neighborhoods near Denver late last year, say they could end up paying tens of thousands of dollars more to rebuild because of environmentally sustainable construction standards passed shortly before the blaze. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert, File)