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Posted inEnvironment

Colorado gets $32 million to create carbon-stuffing hub underground at Pueblo 

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MDT on May 18, 202311:39 AM MDT on May 18, 2023

School of Mines will run tests for a regional hub to sequester greenhouse gases from the city’s big cement and power plants

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Posted inEnvironment

How is Colorado doing in shutting down coal power plants?  

by Mark Jaffe and Michael Booth 3:08 AM MDT on May 15, 20232:12 PM MDT on May 15, 2023

New national EPA rules show we’re ahead of the game. Here’s how we got there.

Posted inBusiness

Why was your utility bill so high this past winter? Blame the drought — and California.

by Mark Jaffe 3:45 AM MDT on May 9, 20238:49 PM MDT on May 8, 2023

As the drought cut California’s hydropower production, the utilities in state scrambled to buy natural gas, driving up costs across the West

Posted inEnvironment

Boulder company puts steelmaking on a greenhouse gas diet with low-carbon iron  

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MDT on May 8, 20237:43 AM MDT on May 8, 2023

Electra is patenting a low-temperature iron-making method that can also clean up discarded ore piles, with backing of Colorado congressional delegation.

Posted inWater

Colorado may have its best boating season in over a decade thanks to this winter’s large snowfall

by Dean Krakel 3:33 AM MDT on May 5, 20239:39 AM MDT on May 5, 2023

But if the deep snow melts too fast, the rafting season that might have been could end in a rush of dangerous water and debris.

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Depressed? Anxious? Colorado’s Front Range air pollution may be a factor

by KFF Health News 3:35 AM MDT on Apr 27, 20238:37 AM MDT on Apr 27, 2023

Research shows long-term exposure to even low levels of fine particulate matter, NOx chemicals increases occurrence of depression, anxiety. Ozone is a factor in neurodegeneration and memory loss.

Posted inEnvironment

Colorado could ban the sale of gas-powered mowers and blowers beginning in 2025

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MDT on Apr 26, 20237:30 PM MDT on Apr 25, 2023

Regional air quality leaders say such a dramatic move would be one way to get real ozone cuts by 2026, when EPA demands kick in

A view of the northern Front Range is seen from Lookout Mountain near Golden
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Colorado House tosses some of the toughest parts of bill cracking down on air pollution permits

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MDT on Apr 25, 20239:44 PM MDT on Apr 24, 2023

Clean air advocates still laud the measure as an ozone crackdown, while oil and gas industry vows to keep fighting

Posted inEnvironment

Colorado greenlights California-style clean trucks mandate in air pollution fight  

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MDT on Apr 24, 20236:13 PM MDT on Apr 26, 2023

Dealers must add clean electric medium and heavy trucks for ‘27 model year, and switch to low-NOx scores in fossil fuel engines

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Posted inEnvironment

EPA fines natural gas companies in Colorado, the West $9 million for ozone-causing leaks

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MDT on Apr 21, 20239:41 AM MDT on Apr 21, 2023

Penalties also require new equipment to stop emissions at gas-gathering sites in joint enforcement crackdown with state

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