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State regulators are asking for — and getting — comments from employers as they consider requiring larger companies and other organizations to develop plans for reducing the commuting mileage of their workers as a means of helping curtail greenhouse gas emissions. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Air Pollution Control Division is developing a proposal for an Employee Traffic Reduction Program rule for consideration by the state Air Quality Control Commission. The commission in May is expected to consider setting an August hearing on the rule. Under the...

After years of air pollution releases at the Suncor oil and gas refinery in Commerce City, Colo., Olga Gonzalez is glad to see plans for real-time air monitors in the largely Latinx neighborhoods around the facility. She isn't sure people in the community are ready to trust the company, the state or the city to run those networks. “Our own independent monitors would inspire greater trust amongst our community,” Gonzalez said. “That’s what we're trying to do here.” Gonzalez is the executive director of Cultivando, a Commerce City nonprofit that helps residents get involved in local p...