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Denver wants a major recycling expansion. But it needs to start charging fees to get it done.
City council will consider a big waste-reduction push making residents pay progressively more for larger trash bins, while recycling & composting bins are “free."
Advocates want to charge companies to create a statewide recycling program in Colorado
A bill aims to stretch recycling to more communities and boost abysmal 15% participation rates, while bolstering the materials supply chain for industry.
As “forever chemical” concerns mount, Colorado lawmakers move to ban product sales
Dangerous materials used in firefighting foam, clothing, nonstick surfaces and more are showing up in drinking water and soil. A new bill joins other states in pushing industry to stop using them.
Colorado has a dismal recycling rate. Could a fee on manufacturers turn things around?
Just 15% of recyclable and compostable material was diverted from landfills in Colorado in 2020.
Your definitive – for now – Q&A for electric vehicles in Colorado
What you need to know about how to pick an EV, what subsidy you might get, where to charge it, what “range anxiety” means, and how Coloradans are totally geeking out on their statistics.
Colorado’s consumer advocate gets wider climate powers and a new name
Office of Consumer Counsel rebrands as Utility Consumer Advocate, with new legal rights to intervene on decarbonization and environmental justice efforts.
Colorado violates EPA ozone standards again as business groups cheer gutting of draft commuting limits
The Front Range passed another grim milestone of violating U.S. ozone caps, but state air pollution regulators have just weakened a proposal to cut solo commuting by employees.
Colorado is the third state to pass a consumer-data privacy bill. Now what?
Yes, you can ask a company to delete your personal data. No, it doesn’t apply to all personal data. And yes, many companies in-and-out of Colorado must figure out how to manage this by July 2023.
Colorado wants big companies to attack climate change by getting their employees to ditch car commutes
Colorado’s Air Pollution Control Division wants businesses with more than 100 workers to start charging for parking, provide shuttles from transit stops and allow more working from home.
Do you know who’s tracking your online activities and storing your data? You could soon in Colorado — maybe.
The proposed Colorado Privacy Act, which borrows from California and Virginia’s laws, gives consumers the right to tell companies not to track their personal data and delete existing information. But that doesn’t necessarily mean companies will.
The “building electrification” movement is coming for your Colorado home. Here’s what you need to know before giving up gas.
Fighting greenhouse gases means switching out fuel-burning furnaces, water heaters and stoves for models running on clean electricity. Coloradans will have to adapt.
The road to greenhouse gas cuts: Are Colorado drivers ready?
Power plants and oil drillers are cutting back emissions, now this is the year your car gets involved.
Front Range residents tossed out 28% more trash than their rural Colorado neighbors last year
Recycling report from Eco-Cycle shows Colorado recycled less last year and created more trash
Who will pay to rebuild damaged U.S. 36 is unclear, but taxpayers may be stuck with some costs
The contract with the road's toll operator, Plenary Roads Denver, says the state may be responsible for any lost revenue
Thousands of usable iPhones trashed by one Colorado firm because well-meaning donors forgot to turn off “Find my iPhone”
Lafayette recycler can’t do a thing with working, but locked, iPhones and donors aren’t getting the financial impact expected
GMO food labels are coming. But with most products already using modified ingredients, battle lines have shifted.
Food safety advocates still fight for tougher labeling rules, but Colorado farmers feel like they're on a public education campaign of their own
Coloradans produced a record 9.3 million tons of trash last year. Only 12 percent of it was recycled.
Colorado's recycling rate has flat lined at about a third of the national average