State’s OK for tanker repair shop is voided by Adams County District Court after neighbors said they failed to “follow the science”
Gov. Jared Polis
Posted inEnvironment
Polis orders Colorado regulators to set new rules for oil and gas industry to sharply cut ozone by 2030
The governor’s directive also orders the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to redouble efforts to consider health and the environment
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: A tougher drug-related homicide law won’t reduce overdose deaths
The more effective, less expensive way to save lives is to provide treatment to drug users.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: The governor has the opportunity to improve the mental health of military veterans
He should take it, and sign the bill on his desk that would empower psychologists to prescribe medicines.
Posted inEnvironment
Colorado’s air pollution permitting process for oil and gas, other industries may get a lot stricter
Lawmakers and environmental groups say state agencies move far too slow while ozone violations pile up, and want to dictate executive action
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: Polis’ first grant of clemency to a woman should not be his last
Women are especially deserving of clemency consideration. Perhaps their drought of clemency grants is finally coming to an end.
Posted inCartoons
Do you have what it takes to work at Casa Bonita? You’ve never read job listings like these.
550 jobs are open at the revived and renovated Casa Bonita. Cartoonist Peter Moore imagines what it will really take to work there.
Posted inWildfire
Colorado may force new homes in wildfire-prone areas to adhere to a state building code
A forthcoming bill would create a new board with powers to tell local governments how houses must be built in the wildland-urban interface
Posted inEnvironment
As gas car sales drop, how many electric vehicles did Colorado buy in 2022? A lot.
Overall car market is down, but the state is adopting cleaner electrics and hybrids at a pace that makes state leaders happy
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: A new year, a new Congress, and a new chance to pass banking legislation for the cannabis industry
Gov. Polis and Republican governors support it. The Colorado delegation supports it. Schumer supports it. Will the GOP-led House get on board?