Tag: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Colorado’s vaunted oil and gas rules are flawed and inadequately enforced...
Colorado’s much-touted regulations on emissions from oil and gas operations have not kept pace with explosive growth in oil and gas activity, resulting in...
A former Colorado air quality inspector speaks out
Jeremy Murtaugh worked for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment as an air quality inspector for 12 years. “As goofy as it...
Guest Post: I investigated the ‘unclear danger’ of Rocky Flats. Here’s...
I'm going on a hike tomorrow, and I’ve never been more prepared.
I’ve got granola bars in my backpack, ice water in my bottle,...
EPA’s methane rule rollback won’t apply to Colorado but could cause...
A new Environmental Protection Agency proposal to weaken the rules governing methane emissions would not directly affect Colorado, but, if adopted, the new rules...
Colorado likely to snag more than $61 million for Volkswagen’s misdeeds
The Volkswagen, once associated with immaculate engineering and folksy buses full of Beatles fans, is about to reach a thud in its fall from...
Quit fining rural communities, say lawmakers to state
State agencies shouldn’t have free rein to charge exorbitant fines, especially to small communities that may not be able to pay them. That’s according...
Colorado’s the least obese, most active, eighth healthiest state
Gov. John Hickenlooper attributes Colorado's status as the least obese and most active state to Coloradans' love of the outdoors.
Colorado ranks as the least...
Will GOP strike down a birth-control program that reduces abortions?
Colorado lawmakers are looking at introducing legislation to fund a tested and proven program to reduce unwanted teen pregnancy in Colorado that Republican lawmakers...
Flooding at Cotter Superfund site spurs renewed criticism of lagging cleanup
When rainstorms sent a surge of muddy debris down Sand Creek late this summer, people living near the defunct Cotter Uranium Mill were thinking, “Here we go again!”
Nuclear Regulatory Commission claims Colorado botched licensing of uranium mill
Colorado officials failed to allow the public to properly vet a proposed uranium mill they licensed last year, U.S. regulators declared last week in a letter to an environmental group suing the state.