Interim legislative committee rallies around bill to help fleets replace older trucks
After a month of deliberation, a Colorado interim legislative committee voted Tuesday to draft a bill that would allow an underutilized enterprise to offer grants…
Energy & Environment
Colorado regulators approve new fees, streamlining for clean-water permit seekers
Colorado water-quality regulators agreed Tuesday to raise permitting fees by 13% to 14% in exchange for taking steps to speed up the process and reduce…
Oct. 13 Business Buzz: Residential recycling program
On the second of the two Oct. 13, 2025 9News Business Buzz episodes, Ed Sealover, editor of The Sum & Substance and vice president of…
Oct. 13 Business Buzz: Indirect-source emissions
On the first of two Oct. 13, 2025 episodes of the 9News Business Buzz, Ed Sealover, editor of The Sum & Substance and vice president…
Air-quality group preparing “blueprint” of ideas to reduce emissions in multiple sectors
Regional Air Quality Council leaders will present a report to a key state regulatory board in November outlining a wide swath of strategies to reduce…
Is chemical recycling really recycling? Colorado to decide soon
As Colorado officials finalize long-awaited rules for a statewide recycling program, they are grappling with an issue that affects a small portion of packaging but…
Sept. 22 Business Buzz: Toxic air contaminant health-based standards
On the first of two Sept. 22 episodes of the 9News Business Buzz, Ed Sealover, editor of The Sum & Substance and vice president of…
Colorado commission sets health-based standards for air pollutants
Despite lingering questions over just how the new benchmarks will be used, the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission adopted health-based standards for five air pollutants…
Competing requests delay landfill regulations for months
Colorado regulators crafting the first methane-emissions reduction mandates for landfills are caught in a crossfire between industry leaders calling their proposal too costly and environmentalists…
Aug. 29 Colorado Inside Out: Special session and nuclear energy
On the Aug. 29 episode of “Colorado Inside Out” on PBS 12, Ed Sealover, editor of The Sum & Substance and vice president of strategic…