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Posted inEnvironment

Proposal to ban gas lawn mower sales in the Denver area is severely cut back

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MDT on Sep 19, 20236:36 PM MDT on Sep 18, 2023

State health staff recommends limiting local government use of ozone-creating lawn equipment, rather than the sales ban metro experts want

Chaffee County landfill
Posted inEnvironment

Chaffee County gets $4 million from EPA for new recycling station 

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MDT on Sep 14, 202312:04 PM MDT on Sep 14, 2023

Big funding boost follows failures of other green efforts for Buena Vista and the surrounding county.

Posted inCulture

“Courageous” team envisions new life for Longmont’s derelict, dangerous sugar mill as a neighborhood

by Monte Whaley 3:44 AM MDT on Sep 13, 20231:55 PM MDT on Sep 13, 2023

The plan to remake the former economic engine of the city starts with an $80 million conversion of a huge, bullet-riddled shed into a performing arts center

Posted inEnvironment

EPA fines Suncor for producing fuel with too many pollutants, orders company to pay $600K for clean lawn equipment 

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MDT on Sep 7, 20239:19 AM MDT on Sep 8, 2023

The federal agency settlement says Suncor must reimburse residents for buying ozone-trimming lawnmowers and blowers

Posted inOutdoors

Minturn weighs final settlement to end 15 years of wrangling with big-dream developer, lender

by Jason Blevins 3:50 AM MDT on Aug 22, 20238:11 AM MDT on Aug 22, 2023

Florida developer Bobby Ginn promised Minturn about $160 million in perks if voters annexed 5,000 acres where he planned a private ski resort with 1,700 homes. A final deal 15 years later could bury the ghost of Ginn with $150,000 and 250 acres in exchange for approval for up to 250 homes.

Posted inEnvironment

EPA fines Suncor $300,000 for allegedly violating toxic chemical regulations

by Olivia Prentzel 1:25 PM MDT on Aug 18, 20234:38 PM MDT on Aug 18, 2023

The fines address the Commerce City refinery’s failures to timely report a toxic chemical release in December 2019, when clay-like flakes fell onto neighborhoods

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

A building and stacks in a remote area.
Posted inEnvironment

EPA fines natural gas companies in Colorado, the West $9 million for ozone-causing leaks

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MDT on Apr 21, 20239:41 AM MDT on Apr 21, 2023

Penalties also require new equipment to stop emissions at gas-gathering sites in joint enforcement crackdown with state

Smoke comes out of a building with an oil rig in front of it.
Posted inEnvironment

When it comes to Colorado’s air pollution, why not blame Utah? The EPA does.

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MST on Mar 8, 202310:52 PM MST on Mar 7, 2023

The federal agency refuses to approve Utah’s clean air plans until they stop violating “good neighbor” rules by sending ozone east to the Front Range.

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.

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