regional air quality council
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What’s next for Colorado’s controversial commuter reduction plan
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Colorado’s controversial plan to reduce single-occupied vehicle commutes among metro Denver’s large companies isn’t dead, but it’s taken on a new life. The Colorado Department of Health and Environment’s Air Quality Control Commission stood poised to finalize a whole slew of regulations that would have required metro area businesses to track how their employees were…
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Shaun Egan to lead Colorado Motor Carriers Association as transportation push continues
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Shaun Egan, the president and CEO of Iron Woman Construction and Environmental Services in Denver, has been elected chairman of the politically influential Colorado Motor Carriers Association, the state’s trucking industry advocacy group. The Colorado Motor Carriers Association is one of the key players in Colorado’s transportation debate, as lawmakers continue to try to find…
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We all play a part in improving Colorado’s air quality
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Colorado’s Front Range stands at the brink of being bumped from “moderate” to “serious” nonattainment of the 75 parts per billion ozone standard issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2008. If Metro Denver and the northern Front Range do not meet the standard this summer, the bump-up to “serious” nonattainment could have significant…
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Ozone fell in north metro Denver, even as oil and gas spiked, and fracking combatants agree, sort of
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While ozone levels are falling in north metro Denver, both sides of the oil-and-gas development debate are taking a deep breath to explain why. State regulators report that emissions of volatile organic compounds, a key ingredient in ground-level ozone, have fallen by one-half in metro Denver and the northern Front Range, the battlefield over fracking.…
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To get ahead of electric car surge, Denver wants more, faster charging stations
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In the progressive, environmentally conscious way it often does things, Denver is trying to make life a bit more convenient for electric car owners in the city. Many of the 55 existing public places for charging electric vehicles in Denver aren’t especially accessible or convenient, and with that in mind city officials hope to influence…
