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Posted inEnvironment

EPA investigating Colorado for discriminatory air pollution

by Michael Phillis, AP and Brittany Peterson, AP 2:18 PM MST on Dec 29, 20222:18 PM MST on Dec 29, 2022

The EPA is using the Civil Rights Act to probe whether Colorado’s regulation of major polluters, like Suncor, discriminates against minority residents

Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: The law demands rules to limit oil and gas drilling emissions. It’s time to actually make them.

by Laurie Anderson 1:30 AM MST on Dec 7, 20224:45 PM MST on Dec 6, 2022

Three years after a new law ordering pollution regulators to prioritize public health, we’re still stuck in data-collection mode.

Posted inEnvironment

Colorado groups gain air pollution monitors through EPA grants

by Michael Booth 3:40 AM MST on Nov 15, 20229:46 AM MST on Nov 11, 2022

Activists say the money fills a gaps on toxic releases left open by state inaction

Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: We can’t solve the problems of growth with ‘good’ growth

by Paul Sutton 1:30 AM MST on Nov 9, 20228:15 PM MDT on Nov 4, 2022

Coloradans know this. Why do their elected representatives ignore them?

Posted inEnvironment

Colorado’s air pollution permit backlog doubles as courts order state to move faster

by Michael Booth 4:08 AM MDT on Oct 11, 20227:42 AM MDT on Oct 11, 2022

Ozone downgrades by EPA mean more sites need permits from regulators, while environmental groups get courts to declare the state is falling behind

Posted inEnvironment

Citizen scientists want clarity on hidden emissions from Pueblo’s coal-fired power plant

by Jennifer Oldham 3:21 AM MDT on Oct 11, 20226:45 AM MDT on Oct 11, 2022

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.

Posted inEnvironment

Boulder County Commissioners vote against mining extension for Cemex, blowing up deal for open space

by Michael Booth 5:02 PM MDT on Sep 29, 20227:33 PM MDT on Sep 29, 2022

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

Posted inEnvironment

EPA tells Colorado’s governor there’s no getting out of selling reformulated gas to fight ozone

by Michael Booth 4:08 AM MDT on Sep 29, 20228:16 AM MDT on Sep 29, 2022

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

Posted inEnvironment

Colorado is falling behind on its mandate to cut greenhouse gases 

by Michael Booth 4:08 AM MDT on Sep 19, 202211:18 AM MDT on Sep 19, 2022

New state assessment shows big gaps in goals for transportation emissions and lag in finalizing closures of fossil fuel power plants

Posted inEnvironment

Air pollution hurts baby “gut biome,” Colorado study shows  

by Michael Booth 4:08 AM MDT on Sep 8, 20221:04 PM MDT on Sep 8, 2022

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

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