A gasoline distributor late Thursday canceled its unpopular proposal for a major tank farm expansion across from a Commerce City elementary school in a neighborhood heavily impacted by air pollution, blaming a…
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Draft of Colorado oil and gas rules guts key protection for impacted communities, green groups say
The state Energy and Carbon Management Commission cut a key proposed protection for disadvantaged communities facing oil and gas drilling after a sustained pushback from the oil and gas industry, according to…
The cost of gas is about to spike in Colorado. How high will it go?
Keep an eye on gas prices in the next few weeks, Colorado, and you can watch a major policy battle play out between an extremely irritated Gov. Jared Polis and officials enforcing…
Colorado EV sales dropped off by one measure, but green energy leaders say sky remains blue
Sales of clean fuel vehicles in Colorado slowed in the first quarter of 2024 despite a growing stack of lucrative rebates available, according to the Colorado Auto Dealers Association, though some green…
EPA blocks another Colorado oil and gas air pollution permit, demands changes
The Environmental Protection Agency has demanded Colorado rewrite another air pollution permit for an oil and gas operator in Weld County, with the environmental group that brought the objection saying it’s another…
Colorado environmental groups file 3 ballot measures to limit oil and gas industry
The truce is off. Let the negotiations begin again. Leading Colorado environmental groups filed language Thursday for three sweeping ballot measures aimed at limiting the oil and gas industry in the state,…
Colorado hits Suncor with landmark $10.5 million settlement and tougher monitors for air pollution
Colorado issued a $10.5 million penalty on the Suncor refinery in Commerce City over three years of air pollution violations, calling it the largest-ever action against a single facility, and also settled…