colorado department of health and environment
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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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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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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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Colorado ski-resort county hopes to tax pot to fund mental health services
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When Eagle County Public Health and Environment director Chris Lindley moved up to the Vail Valley from Denver a few months ago, he was stunned to learn his new home doesn’t have a single bed for people dealing with mental health or substance abuse issues. “Being new to the county and coming up here from…
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CDOT, health department named winners of governor’s awards
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Gov. John Hickenlooper on Tuesday awarded the Colorado Department of Transportation and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment with Governor’s Elevation Awards in recognition of customer service and performance improvements achieved by state employees. The awards were handed out at a luncheon at the Governor’s Residence at the Boettcher Mansion. A panel representing…
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Long: CDPHE has become the Colorado Department of Public Harassment and Exceeding the law
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For seven years, the Colorado Department of Health and Environment (CDPHE) has abused its power. It is overdue for a Senate Oversight Committee to put it in check and balance. Recently, I was talking to a Colorado lawmaker about my concerns with CDPHE’s unresolved 2016 state audit that found serious conflicts of interests within CDPHE awarding years of…
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Colorado: Water contamination likely came from military base
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Colorado health officials said it’s highly likely that trace amounts of toxic chemicals found in three drinking water systems came from firefighting foam used at a nearby Air Force base. The state Department of Public Health and Environment said Wednesday it hasn’t ruled out additional sources, but officials believe at least some of the chemicals came…
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Battle to ‘defund’ Clean Power Plan launches House budget debate
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The first skirmish in the war over the state’s budget Thursday centered on coal and clean air and featured the “defund” politics conservatives have embraced in the Obama era. Rep. Bob Rankin, R-Carbondale, a member of the Joint Budget Committee, proposed two amendments that would cut funding for the state’s Department of Public Health and…
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Beforeplay.org: Changing Colorado’s conversation about sexual health
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Few things change a person’s life more than becoming a parent. Moving in together, making the choice to commit to a partner for life, changing jobs or rerouting career paths, even buying a car or a home are all huge commitments that certainly change lives in major ways, but there is a major difference between…
