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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Opinion: The law demands rules to limit oil and gas drilling emissions. It’s time to actually make them.
Three years after a new law ordering pollution regulators to prioritize public health, we’re still stuck in data-collection mode.
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Colorado groups gain air pollution monitors through EPA grants
Activists say the money fills a gaps on toxic releases left open by state inaction
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Opinion: We can’t solve the problems of growth with ‘good’ growth
Coloradans know this. Why do their elected representatives ignore them?
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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
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Citizen scientists want clarity on hidden emissions from Pueblo’s coal-fired power plant
People in Pueblo are at the forefront of an emerging partnership between activists, conservationists and a newly created state unit to quantify environmental justice hotspots in Colorado communities and the toxic pollutants that bedevil them.
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Boulder County Commissioners vote against mining extension for Cemex, blowing up deal for open space
Public opposition was high to a plan to end cement plant operations in 15 years in exchange for 15 more years of mining near Lyons
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EPA tells Colorado’s governor there’s no getting out of selling reformulated gas to fight ozone
Colorado has threatened to sue over pricier, cleaner gasoline in 2024, but feds say it should add only 3 cents a gallon and Clean Air Act is a hard rule
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Colorado is falling behind on its mandate to cut greenhouse gases
New state assessment shows big gaps in goals for transportation emissions and lag in finalizing closures of fossil fuel power plants
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Air pollution hurts baby “gut biome,” Colorado study shows
Particles in air from traffic and industry slash good bacteria and risk inflammatory disease, CU Boulder researchers say in a look at Los Angeles infants