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Center for Biological Diversity: DENVER— A state judge has voided a permit issued by the Colorado Air Pollution Control Division allowing a tanker truck repair shop to emit more asthma-causing air pollution. Polar Service Center is located in a part of Commerce City already heavily overburdened with pollution.
There’s a new strategy in Colorado’s fight against dangerous ozone air pollution: Blame Utah. Coal-fired power plants and oil and gas drilling in northeastern Utah are responsible for ozone drifting t...
Four years into Gov. Jared Polis’ administration, Colorado lags behind many other states in transitioning to a renewable energy economy, according to recently released U.S. Energy Information Administration data. Coal remains Colorado’s dominate source of electricity generation, with 37% of the state’s power fueled by coal compared to the national average of 20%, according to a Center for Biological Diversity analysis of data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Electric Power Monthly.
The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency today to limit pollution from drilling and hydraulic fracturing for oil and methane gas in Colorado.
Conservation and community groups sued the Colorado Air Pollution Control Division today for issuing a permit allowing Polar Service Center, a tanker truck repair shop, to emit increased asthma- and cancer-causing air pollution. The lawsuit was filed by North Range Concerned Citizens and the Center for Biological Diversity in the Colorado state district court in Adams County. The county is part of the Denver Metro/North Front Range area, which, for more than 15 years, has violated the national smog standard set to protect the health of people and wildlife. The Environmental Protection Agen...