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 […]
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Colorado Politics: Polis’ policy coddles polluters, ignores impacted communities
Should we assume an executive agency, the Air Pollution Control Division (APCD) and its oversight entity, the Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC), is under the ultimate authority of the executive branch of government, or Gov. Jared Polis? If so, then the Air Pollution Control Division’s GEMM 2 scheme to trade in air pollution credits to […]
In the News: Colorado Chamber Press Roundup
Colorado Politics: Colorado’s mushrooming regulations force out companies Colorado companies tied up by bureaucratic red tape are warning they’re going to cut themselves free from the bonds of progressive regulations and head for the first open door. Read More… Fox: Colorado Survey of Business Leaders View Video… Gazette: PERSPECTIVE: Undercutting Colorado’s job creators While Colorado […]
CPR: Colorado is considering new limits on industrial emissions. Environmental justice groups want to scrap them and start over
A coalition of environmental justice groups released a statement Tuesday calling on state regulators to reject a proposed rule to limit planet-warming pollution from 18 of Colorado’s largest sources of industrial climate pollution. Those groups — including Conservation Colorado, GreenLatinos and Cultivando — were integral to lobbying for the 2021 Environmental Justice Act, which directed […]
Denver 7 News: Coolest Thing Made in Colorado Finalist Osiris-Rex
Post Independent: Carbondale chocolate bar makes Colorado Chamber of Commerce’s top 10 list
Pollinator Chocolate’s Lavender Dark Chocolate Bar has made the list for Colorado Chamber of Commerce’s second annual Coolest Thing Made in Colorado competition, according to a press release. Owned by Mark Burrows in Carbondale as part of the Cocoa Club, Burrows put this chocolate bar together out of 70% dark chocolate, other ethically-sourced ingredients and […]
Denver Post: Colorado weighs new plan to cut greenhouse gasses. Critics fear it’ll let major polluters pay to avoid reducing emissions.
Colorado’s air-quality regulators this week will consider a plan for the state’s 18 largest manufacturers to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, but it’s running into sharp criticism from legislators and environmentalists who are concerned about a loophole that could allow companies to buy their way out of making cuts. … But no one agrees on […]
Gazette: PERSPECTIVE: Undercutting Colorado’s job creators
While Colorado remains a very attractive place to live and work, and recent job and business formation data provide reasons for optimism, there are also signs that the direct and indirect costs of doing business in Colorado are beginning to threaten our state’s competitiveness. To avoid losing our edge, our state Legislature should employ more […]
Fox: Colorado Survey of Business Leaders
Colorado Politics: Colorado’s mushrooming regulations force out companies
Colorado companies tied up by bureaucratic red tape are warning they’re going to cut themselves free from the bonds of progressive regulations and head for the first open door. A recent survey by the Colorado Chamber of Commerce confirmed what job-creators in the state have been warning for years: the state’s hard-left, anti-jobs, ever-expanding regulatory […]