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Front-line health care workers attend to people accessing the drive-through coronavirus testing bay at National Jewish Health in Denver, Monday, April 27, 2020. (Photo courtesy of CPR News)
COVID-19

How Colorado caught COVID-19 Colorado Public Radio investigates how Colorado can...

Ben Markus, Colorado Public Radio -
The March 5 news conference announcing Colorado’s first confirmed case of COVID-19 was over. The governor and the director of the Colorado Department of Public...
Patrick Murphy, Boulder County Public Health employee, uses a FLIR infrared camera to check for gas leaks at a operating well pad in eastern Boulder County. (Photo by Ted Wood/The Story Group.)
COVID-19

The EPA has paused enforcing air quality laws. Colorado regulators say...

John Herrick -
State health officials say they’re trying to stay the course on regulating air and water pollution during the COVID-19 pandemic even as the Environmental...
We've all heard the instructions to wash our hands frequently with soap and water or hand sanitizer. We're collecting resources to answer many other FAQs related to the effects of the pandemic on our communities.
COVID-19

COVID-19 FAQ, resources and other tidbits to get you through the...

Staff Report -
Dear reader, We're trying cover some of the basics without recreating the wheel, so if you haven't checked out the excellent FAQ at Colorado Public...
Suncor's oil refinery north of Elyria-Swansea on Jan. 11, 2020. At the end of December, the U.S. benchmark price for a barrel of oil was $62. By mid-March, as folks worldwide stopped flying and driving, it had dipped to around $20, before falling into negative territory, and then leveling off around $10 in April.
Environment/Energy

Suncor reports another unintentional chemical release The equipment failure comes after...

John Herrick -
At about 5:40 p.m. on Tuesday, an orange plume spewed from the stacks at the Suncor oil refinery in Commerce City due to an...
Environment/Energy

Report: Cancer-causing benzene spiked more than once at Bella Romero The...

John Herrick -
A new analysis of state data sheds more light on the benzene spike at Greeley’s Bella Romero Academy, indicating the cancer-causing chemical linked to...
Photo of smoggy downtown Denver skyline via the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Air Pollution Control Division, Technical Services Program, Wednesday, March 6, 2019.
2020 Legislative Session

Colorado’s goal to rein in ozone misses federal deadline by two...

John Herrick -
Colorado health officials have set a goal to reduce toxic ground-level ozone along the Front Range by 2023 — roughly two years beyond a...
Environment/Energy

Gov. Jared Polis pitches budget that aims to tackle emissions with...

John Herrick -
Gov. Jared Polis wants to increase the number of state oil and gas inspectors to ensure companies drilling in Colorado comply with the state’s...
Environment/Energy

Colorado residents near oil and gas sites have long worried about...

John Herrick -
Rep. Sonya Jaquez Lewis, a pharmacist and organic farmer from unincorporated Boulder County, said she can see oil and gas companies burning off excess...
Media

Research: What Colorado needs to do to preserve the modern public...

Jeffrey Roberts, CFOIC Executive Director -
When state Sen. John Cooke asked for email communications of the top official for the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission last fall, the agency’s...
Patrick Murphy, Boulder County Public Health employee, uses a FLIR infrared camera to check for gas leaks at a operating well pad in eastern Boulder County. (Photo by Ted Wood/The Story Group.)
Environment/Energy

Colorado will consider requiring drillers to track and report methane emissions...

John Herrick -
Vehicles and power plants are by far the biggest producers of greenhouse gases in Colorado, contributing roughly 50% of all planet-warming emissions in our...
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