pollution and environment
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Colorado allows big polluters to buy credits as it mandates local engagement
Colorado air quality regulators on Friday decided to require major industrial plants to hold in-person meetings with nearby communities and to cut certain pollutants on site. The same rules allow those plants to meet most of their greenhouse gas targets by buying credits instead of reducing emissions at the facilities. The Colorado Air Quality Control…
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Denver’s aging trash collection trucks, lack of drivers could doom new ‘pay-as-you-throw’ program
Denver’s new trash collection program may be foundering before it even launches. The pay-as-you-throw program, approved by a split city council vote in June, faces an uphill battle as Denver’s Solid Waste Management Division of the Department of Transportation & Infrastructure may not be able to meet the program’s requirements, according to Denver Auditor Timothy O’Brien. …