Spring Back Colorado, the Commerce City nonprofit, is desperately trying to figure out how to recycle pocket-coil mattresses affordably. It’s a challenge for the entire industry, even in states with mattress recycling laws.
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EPA again blocks Colorado air pollution permit for Suncor
Regional office agrees with protest comments and demands changes from state air pollution officials, after similar objections last year
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Tiny spill of water likely tainted with uranium in Cañon City confirms watchdog group’s worries about Superfund site cleanup
State health officials say Cotter Corp., which ran a uranium milling operation there for decades, will return to manage the site until cleanup is complete
Posted inEquity
Colorado mothers speak out against OB-GYN racism to try to reverse decades-long trend of dangerous care
Medical anthropologist Dána-Ain Davis coined the term “obstetric racism” in 2018 after spending years interviewing Black women about their birthing experiences
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Colorado gets $5 million more from U.S. to help clean up Gold King Mine blowout
The 2015 spill damaged the Animas and San Juan rivers, and Colorado wildlands are still paying the price.
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Colorado lawmakers mandate audit of halfway houses for first time in decades
A new state law directs Colorado’s Division of Criminal Justice to hire a third-party auditor to evaluate the finances of halfway houses every five years, including the costs imposed on residents of the facilities.
Posted inHealth
Regulation falls short of protecting north Denver residents from Suncor refinery, nonprofit research finds
Cultivando, an Adams County environmental nonprofit advocating for Latino communities, released the results of their yearlong air monitoring program and called for stricter industry regulations
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Suncor will finally reopen after a 3-month closure. But will anything change for its neighbors?
Gas prices that rose when Colorado’s only petroleum refinery closed are expected to drop. But residents who’ve dealt with Suncor’s pollution for decades aren’t so thrilled — and they have a plan.
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Cotter Mill cleanup company says it is insolvent, will stop work on Cañon City Superfund site
Colorado Legacy Land was paid in 2018 to take over remediation of one of the slowest Superfund cleanups in the U.S. and a uranium mine leaking into Ralston Creek west of Denver
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More “forever chemicals” found in Colorado and U.S. freshwater fish, study warns
PFAS levels in locally caught fish are “staggeringly high” according to the Environmental Working Group researchers, and Colorado has no fish consumption guidelines