air pollution
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Pollution-producing oil storage tank site shut down by state regulators
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An oil storage tank installation in Larimer County was ordered shut down Thursday by state air pollution regulators after what it says are repeated failures to control leakage of noxious vapors from the site that residential neighbors say are both annoying and harmful to their health. Rural green transit projects win $51 million in federal…
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Metro Denver to pay more at the gas pump – unless Polis persuades EPA to delay air quality downgrade
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Denver metro and northern Front Range Coloradans will be paying for more expensive gasoline – unless Gov. Jared Polis decides to ask the federal government to reconsider a pending downgrade of the regional air quality compliance rating. Polis faced a similar situation in 2019, when the Environmental Protection Agency also downgraded the region’s air quality…
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Colorado uses new technology to monitor air pollution
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Colorado‘s health department is using new technology to monitor air pollution throughout the state, already resulting in enforcement action against polluters. The Department of Public Health and Environment announced the new technology on Wednesday, described as a trailer that continuously measures emissions by parking at trouble areas for weeks at a time. The new tool…
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Regional Transportation District to offer free fares in August to reduce ozone pollution
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The Regional Transportation District will eliminate ridership fares in August in an attempt to reduce ground-level ozone. The Zero Fare for Better Air program aims to incentivize Coloradans to ditch their vehicles and take the train or bus, transit officials said. Colorado’s high ozone season is between Aug. 1 and Aug. 31, according to the…
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Polis administration moving to remove diesel and gas powered trucks by 2050
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The Colorado Department of Transportation announced yesterday the release of a draft strategy to remove gas and diesel trucks, including pickup trucks, from Colorado’s roadways. Governor Jared Polis’ Clean Truck Strategy “to encourage the adoption of zero-emission medium and heavy-duty trucks by 2050” is open for public comment. In a press release, Executive Director of…
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Commerce City’s Suncor refinery faces new pollution regulations
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The Suncor refinery in Commerce City is facing new pollution control standards from the state as the Colorado Air Pollution Control Division moves forward on updating long-expired air pollution permits that Suncor applied to renew in 2010 and 2016. Under Title V of the 1990 Clean Air Act, state and federal regulators are required to…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Aging lookout towers still key during fire season across the West
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Idaho Aging lookout towers still key during fire season across the West BOISE, Idaho – Fire-lookout towers perched atop remote, craggy peaks across the U.S. West may seem like quaint reminders of an era before satellites, smartphones and jet-propelled air tankers. Indeed, some of the structures are more than 100 years old. But with their…
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Denver’s ozone pollution prompts environmental policy concerns
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – An Environmental Protection Agency announcement Tuesday declaring Denver to be out of compliance with federal ozone standards is being used by some Colorado political leaders and environmentalists to criticize the Trump administration. The designation means Colorado officials must put together a plan to explain how they will meet federal air quality standards.…
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Letter: State must take climate action into its own hands
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Editor: In the wake of President Donald Trump’s nominations of climate-deniers like Scott Pruitt to cabinet positions, it is imperative that state leaders take climate action into their own hands through the implementation of programs in line with the goals of the Clean Power Plan, which calls for a 30 percent reduction in carbon emissions from…
