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Mattresses stacked on top of each other in a warehouse
Posted inEnvironment

Why a Colorado mattress recycler sends old mattresses to the landfill

by Tamara Chuang 4:32 AM MDT on Aug 16, 20238:26 AM MDT on Aug 16, 2023

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.

Posted inEnvironment

EPA again blocks Colorado air pollution permit for Suncor

by Michael Booth 12:00 PM MDT on Aug 1, 20238:16 AM MDT on Aug 2, 2023

Regional office agrees with protest comments and demands changes from state air pollution officials, after similar objections last year

Posted inEnvironment

Tiny spill of water likely tainted with uranium in Cañon City confirms watchdog group’s worries about Superfund site cleanup

by Sue McMillin 3:54 AM MDT on Jul 20, 20239:24 AM MDT on Jul 20, 2023

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

by Tatiana Flowers 3:02 AM MDT on Jul 19, 202311:29 AM MDT on Jul 19, 2023

Medical anthropologist Dána-Ain Davis coined the term “obstetric racism” in 2018 after spending years interviewing Black women about their birthing experiences

Water in a river appears orange.
Posted inEnvironment

Colorado gets $5 million more from U.S. to help clean up Gold King Mine blowout

by Michael Booth 4:08 PM MDT on May 11, 20234:08 PM MDT on May 11, 2023

The 2015 spill damaged the Animas and San Juan rivers, and Colorado wildlands are still paying the price.

a large building with stairs leading up to it.
Posted inCrime and Courts

Colorado lawmakers mandate audit of halfway houses for first time in decades

by ProPublica 7:00 PM MDT on May 1, 20237:00 PM MDT on May 1, 2023

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

by Joshua Perry 3:40 AM MDT on Mar 16, 20233:17 PM MDT on Aug 1, 2023

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

Posted inEnvironment

Suncor will finally reopen after a 3-month closure. But will anything change for its neighbors?

by Joshua Perry 3:40 AM MDT on Mar 15, 20233:17 PM MDT on Aug 1, 2023

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.

Posted inEnvironment

Cotter Mill cleanup company says it is insolvent, will stop work on Cañon City Superfund site

by Sue McMillin 4:06 PM MST on Feb 22, 20234:11 PM MST on Feb 22, 2023

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

Posted inEnvironment

More “forever chemicals” found in Colorado and U.S. freshwater fish, study warns

by Michael Booth 3:06 AM MST on Jan 17, 20232:15 PM MDT on Jul 17, 2023

PFAS levels in locally caught fish are “staggeringly high” according to the Environmental Working Group researchers, and Colorado has no fish consumption guidelines

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