After more than two days of debate, Colorado air regulators approved a suite of regulations late Friday night they say will cut climate-warming emissions from some of the state’s largest industrial polluters. But that hasn’t come as welcome news to a coalition of environmental advocates who wanted the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission to scrap […]
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Colorado Sun: Colorado air commission approves smokestack rules opponents call “unjust” and “pay-to-play”
Colorado’s Air Quality Control Commission late Friday approved new limits on smokestack pollution from 18 large corporations, a vote immediately denounced by 44 local governments and environmental groups who called it a cave-in to industry and a gutting of environmental justice laws passed in 2021. … During lengthy testimony in front of the commission last […]
Denver Post: Colorado has a new plan to reduce greenhouse gasses. Critics say it fails those most impacted by air pollution.
Colorado’s air regulators have approved a new rule that will require the state’s 18 largest manufacturers to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, but the plan is receiving pointed criticism from environmental advocates who say loopholes will allow the dirtiest companies to keep on polluting the most impacted communities. The rule’s critics already were complaining about […]
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Fox 31: What’s the coolest thing made in Colorado? You can help choose
Voting started Monday for the 2023 Coolest Thing Made in Colorado people’s choice award contest. The contest is held by the Colorado Chamber of Commerce. It was first held in 2022. Coloradans can choose three products from a list of 10 finalists. The products range from military aircraft ejection seats to a gadget that keeps […]
Denver 7: What’s the ‘coolest thing made in Colorado’? The state wants you to choose from this list of 10
Voting opened Monday for the “Coolest Thing Made in Colorado” awards. The Colorado Chamber of Commerce is asking people across the state to weigh in on what they think was the best thing to come out of the manufacturing industry in 2023. “With such a dynamic set of finalists in this year’s program, competition is […]
Politico E&E News: ‘Worse than doing nothing’: Greens fume at Colo. climate plan
Colorado regulators this week will consider some of the first climate rules in the country specifically targeting the hard-to-decarbonize manufacturing sector. The new regulations would apply to Colorado’s 18 largest manufacturers, including Suncor Energy Inc., Front Range Energy and Yuma Ethanol LLC, as well as brewing giant Molson Coors and Leprino Foods Co., the world’s […]