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Denver —WildEarth Guardians and the Center for Biological Diversity against the Polis administration over its failure to ensure four major sources of air pollution in Adams County, Colorado operate in compliance with state and federal clean air laws.
Environmental groups filed a lawsuit today to force the Environmental Protection Agency to update limits on harmful soot, sulfur and nitrogen air pollution. The agency last put new standards in place for the three pollutants in 2012 and 2013. Updates were due in 2017 and 2018.
The Colorado Court of Appeals has affirmed a judge’s ruling that the Colowyo surface coal mine northeast of Meeker needs only a minor air pollution permit for a roughly 2,000-acre
WASHINGTON— Four groups filed suit today to force the Environmental Protection Agency to downgrade the smog rating in eight areas from serious to severe. The downgrade in the ratings will trigger more protective measures to reduce harmful air pollution.
A federal appeals court has rejected Weld County’s attempt to delay steps to reduce pollution from the Colorado county’s oil and gas operations that contributes to asthma-causing smog in the Metro-Denver and Front Range region. The area, which is home to 3.3 million people, has some of the worst air pollution in the world. That pollution is caused largely by fracking for oil and methane gas. The federal appeals court decision late Tuesday rejected Weld County’s request that the court stay, or pause, the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision requiring the entire county to strength...