The Environmental Protection Agency – or EPA – has issued a final determination to downgrade air quality in the Denver Metro and Northern Front Range area to “severe” non-attainment for ground level ozone. The area was one of five nationwide […]
Initiatives In Denver To Expand The Solar Energy Grid And Make It More Affordable
The Front Range urban corridor is likely to experience record-breaking September temperatures today and tomorrow. Three elementary schools in the Denver Public Schools system will not open today and another 30 schools will release students early because of the lack of […]
Another CEMEX Application Hearing In Front Of The Boulder County Commissioners
The Boulder County Planning Commission will weigh in on extending permits for Cemex, a cement manufacturing company and one of the worst polluters in Colorado on September 14th again. Boulder County Staff and the Department of Parks and open space […]
As Colorado’s Air Quality Declines, State Continues To “Coddle” Oil And Gas Industry
Colorado issued an operating permit to Suncor refinery in northwest Denver last week after a 12-year delay. The Colorado Department of Health and Environment, the agency responsible for issuing the permit, blamed its failure to act for more than a […]
Morning Magazine Podcast – Tuesday, August 30, 2022
On today’s Morning Magazine, environmental activists are gathered outside of the Larimer County administrative building this morning calling on county commissioners to enforce regulations on oil and gas operations. Diplomats from around the world have failed to reach an agreement […]
Here’s How The Supreme Court’s EPA Ruling Affects Colorado
The Supreme Court ruled to limit the EPA’s authority over setting greenhouse gas emissions late last month. KGNU’s Alexis Kenyon spoke with Kate Merlin, an environmental lawyer for Colorado’s WildEarth Guardians, about what this decision means for Colorado’s fossil fuel […]
Headlines — May 09, 2022
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Health Implications of Ozone on the Front Range
(View of Denver From Top of Lookout Mountain. Credit: Maneybe via Wikimedia Commons) Today kicks off Air Quality Awareness Week. Several federal agencies – including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Weather […]