2026 Colorado Legislative Preview: A tale of affordability, regulations and regulatory reform
For several years, Colorado legislators from both parties have vowed to tackle the state’s affordability crisis, only to butt heads over how to do that…
Energy & Environment
Colorado manufacturers are slashing emissions, eliminating the need for a fund to help with compliance
In 2023, as Colorado regulators developed the nation’s first emissions-reduction rules for manufacturers, business leaders argued compliance could come only with options that included a…
Landfills become latest Colorado sector hit with emissions-reduction regulations
After delaying a vote on proposed landfill methane regulations by four months, a Colorado board has OK’d a compromise plan that will require more operators…
Commission sets hearing date to establish first-ever controls on priority toxic air contaminants
Colorado regulators voted Thursday to proceed with setting new emissions-control rules for priority toxic air contaminants but stopped short of linking them to permit requirements…
Business-labor coalition asks state to slow mandates for electrification, renewable energy
Business and labor leaders came together Friday and called for state leaders to focus more on energy affordability and job creation as they consider ramping…
Colorado approves first-in-nation rules to limit development near streams and wetlands
Colorado this week became the first state to create a permitting program to protect state waters after a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision reined it…
Dec. 5 Colorado Inside Out: Highway safety, healthcare and more
Ed Sealover, editor of The Sum & Substance and vice president of strategic initiatives for the Colorado Chamber of Commerce, joins host Kyle Dyer on…
Business gets mixed results as Colorado updates ozone reduction plan
Seeing no pathway to reach compliance with federal ozone standards by 2027, Colorado regulators voluntarily downgraded the state’s status with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…
Colorado set to revise ozone-reduction plan with more regulations
State regulators are looking to voluntarily downgrade Colorado’s noncompliance status with federal ozone standards from serious to severe throughout the northern Front Range — a…
Preliminary regulatory concepts for toxic air contaminants would affect wide range of industries
Some 300 different producers of emissions may be subject to the state’s first rules aimed at limiting toxic air contaminants — businesses that range from…