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…
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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…
Nov. 3 Business Buzz: Public Utilities Commission sunset
On the first of two 9News Business Buzz episodes from Nov. 3, 2025, Ed Sealover, editor of The Sum & Substance and vice president of…
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…
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…