air pollution
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50 cents more per gallon? EPA mandate for gas to hit Denver motorists this summer
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Gasoline in the metro Denver area is about to get a lot more expensive come June 1 — as much as 51 cents to $1 more per gallon, depending on who is asked. And Gov. Jared Polis said that threatens Colorado’s fuel supply and might result in “shortages at the pump.” Motorists in what’s called the…
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Mountain basin air pollution linked to neurodegenerative diseases
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In the 1990s, residents of Mexico City noticed their dogs acting strangely – some didn’t recognize their owners, and the animals’ sleep patterns had changed. At the time, the sprawling, mountain-ringed city of more than 15 million people was known as the most polluted in the world, with a thick, constant haze of fossil fuel…
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Colorado’s emissions bill abandons trip reduction plan, expands ozone pollution regulations
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A modified version of a sweeping emissions regulation proposal would let the state deny or revoke any construction permit over modifications that increases ozone pollution by any amount. The bill’s sponsors argue the legislation is necessary because Coloradans, particularly people of color and residents of low-income communities, have long suffered from high levels of ozone pollution,…
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Suncor released potentially unhealthy levels of benzene into Sand Creek after December fire
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Suncor released potentially unhealthy levels of benzene into Sand Creek after a December refinery fire, according to the Colorado Department of Health and Environment. After the two fires that injured two employees at Suncor’s Commerce City refinery, the company shut down the plant for repairs caused by extreme cold weather and for maintenance. Subsequent water…
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Shutdown of Suncor refinery doesn’t cool criticisms, even as motorists brace for sharp fuel hike
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A complete shutdown of Suncor’s Commerce City refinery for repairs after two fires and damage from extreme weather hasn’t mollified activists, who argue that the public health remains compromised and the plant should be permanently closed. Located in an industrial area on Brighton Boulevard, some 3 miles north of downtown Denver, Suncor said its refinery…
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Dormant railroad that served Camp Hale National Monument looking to come back to life
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A complex, multifront battle over a dormant railroad from Pueblo to Minturn and Eagle continues to simmer. The Tennessee Pass rail line, built in 1881 and taken out of service in 1997, recently attracted interest in reviving the line from both a company wanting to ship grain from its large agricultural holdings in eastern Colorado…
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Environmental groups sues Colorado over permit to burn petroleum fumes
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A state permit for a tanker truck repair center to burn off vapors from tanks they work on is being challenged in court by environmental activists. The Center for Biological Diversity and North Range Concerned Citizens filed the suit in Adams County District Court in Brighton Friday claiming allowing Polar Service Center to flare vapors…
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Environmental groups file motion to intervene in lawsuit against state over air pollution monitoring
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Community and environmental groups in the area around the Suncor Energy refinery in Commerce City filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit brought by Suncor against the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Air Pollution Control Division. GreenLatinos, the Elyria-Swansea Neighborhood Association, Healthy Air and Water Colorado, Womxn from the Mountain, Conservation Colorado…
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Part owner of troubled Comanche 3 power plant wants money back from Colorado’s Xcel Energy
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A part owner of the troubled and soon-to-be decommissioned Comanche Power Station Unit 3 near Pueblo wants its money back. CORE Electrical Cooperative delivered a notice Sept. 6 to the Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo), Xcel Energy’s Colorado branch, saying it is withdrawing from its partial ownership of the facility and demanding a refund…
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Sierra Club, environmental groups petition EPA to ban natural gas for home heating
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More than two dozen environmental organizations petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the use of natural gas for home heating nationwide, arguing the federal agency must regulate “deadly pollution from heating appliances.” The petition, sponsored by the Sierra Club, claims fossil fuel-fired home furnaces, water heaters, clothes dryers and stoves emit enough nitrogen dioxide…
