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10th Circuit upholds order for Colorado Springs landlord to comply with lead paint investigation
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The federal appeals court based in Denver agreed that a Colorado Springs landlord must comply with an order to provide records to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which is investigating whether he properly disclosed lead paint to tenants. David H. Zook, who is the manager of the company that owns 806 E. Boulder St., has…
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EPA abused discretion by denying Suncor Colorado refineries exemption from clean air law, court says
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The federal appeals court based in Denver has overturned a 2019 decision of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that refused to grant Suncor Energy’s Commerce City Refinery an exemption to a key environmental law. Although the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit cautioned the EPA could find, upon further review, that Suncor still…
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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…
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PFAS water contamination ubiquitous, but treatment plants gaining ground
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Manmade chemicals brought to the marketplace last century after World War II to make life better with products such as nonstick cookware and water-repellent shoes have made life in this century more worrisome. The Security-Widefield area of El Paso County in 2016 became ground zero for drinking-water contamination of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, a group…
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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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U.S. Supreme Court overturns EPA Clean Power Plan, Polis says ruling won’t affect Colorado
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday curbed the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse emissions from power plants, concluding that an anti-pollution law does not grant broad new powers to the agency. But Gov. Jared Polis said the ruling would not have any effect in Colorado. “Colorado has already locked in the closure of…
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Xcel Energy agrees to pay $925K fine to settle with EPA over coal ash disposal
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The Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement Monday with Xcel Energy over alleged violations of EPA coal-ash disposal guidelines at Xcel’s Comanche power plant in Pueblo. According to the EPA, Xcel has agreed to “return to compliance” with the EPA’s Coal Combustion Residuals program and pay a $925,000 civil penalty. The EPA alleges that Xcel…
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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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Colorado organizations net $75k in EPA grants
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Five Colorado organizations will receive $75,000 each from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for local projects that help improve and sustain the health of their community. Those receiving awards from the Environmental Justice Small Grants program are: Groundwork Denver, which provides energy efficiency and winterization assistance Ute Mountain Ute Tribe in Towaoc Rocky Mountain Sustainable…
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EPA IG: Pruitt’s resignation left ethics probes inconclusive
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WASHINGTON – The internal watchdog at the Environmental Protection Agency has closed two probes into the conduct of former Administrator Scott Pruitt as inconclusive because investigators were unable to interview him before he resigned. EPA Acting Inspector General Charles Sheehan said in a report sent to Congress this week that Pruitt’s departure left his investigators…
