State health staff recommends limiting local government use of ozone-creating lawn equipment, rather than the sales ban metro experts want
Environmental Protection Agency
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Chaffee County gets $4 million from EPA for new recycling station
Big funding boost follows failures of other green efforts for Buena Vista and the surrounding county.
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“Courageous” team envisions new life for Longmont’s derelict, dangerous sugar mill as a neighborhood
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
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EPA fines Suncor for producing fuel with too many pollutants, orders company to pay $600K for clean lawn equipment
The federal agency settlement says Suncor must reimburse residents for buying ozone-trimming lawnmowers and blowers
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Minturn weighs final settlement to end 15 years of wrangling with big-dream developer, lender
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.
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EPA fines Suncor $300,000 for allegedly violating toxic chemical regulations
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
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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
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EPA fines natural gas companies in Colorado, the West $9 million for ozone-causing leaks
Penalties also require new equipment to stop emissions at gas-gathering sites in joint enforcement crackdown with state
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When it comes to Colorado’s air pollution, why not blame Utah? The EPA does.
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.
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Citizen scientists want clarity on hidden emissions from Pueblo’s coal-fired power plant
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.