Clean air advocates still laud the measure as an ozone crackdown, while oil and gas industry vows to keep fighting
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Colorado greenlights California-style clean trucks mandate in air pollution fight
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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Colorado judge rebukes state for air pollution permits backlog as the overdue list grows
The Front Range ozone season, meanwhile, gets an early April start as clean air advocates win more legal battles but remain frustrated
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Colorado lawmakers moving forward with tougher ozone air pollution bill
Coalition says Gov. Polis’ recent directives don’t go far enough to combat the toxic Front Range gas
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Colorado withdraws air pollution permit after suit claims it was rushed
State’s OK for tanker repair shop is voided by Adams County District Court after neighbors said they failed to “follow the science”
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Polis orders Colorado regulators to set new rules for oil and gas industry to sharply cut ozone by 2030
The governor’s directive also orders the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to redouble efforts to consider health and the environment
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Colorado’s air pollution permitting process for oil and gas, other industries may get a lot stricter
Lawmakers and environmental groups say state agencies move far too slow while ozone violations pile up, and want to dictate executive action
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EPA investigating Colorado for discriminatory air pollution
The EPA is using the Civil Rights Act to probe whether Colorado’s regulation of major polluters, like Suncor, discriminates against minority residents
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Colorado falls further behind on air pollution permits while losing court cases brought by environmental groups
Backlog grows while environmental groups sue and win over delays in limits on ozone-causing emissions
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Colorado’s air pollution permit backlog doubles as courts order state to move faster
Ozone downgrades by EPA mean more sites need permits from regulators, while environmental groups get courts to declare the state is falling behind