Ozone committee, CDPHE readying new bills to rein in emissions
Colorado energy producers are awaiting what they expect will be multiple new regulatory proposals in the 2024 legislative session. An unknown number could be coming…
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Colorado regulators limit scope of coming ban on gas-powered lawn equipment
Colorado’s first restrictions on the use of gas-powered lawn equipment will impact the state and local governments but not private landscaping businesses, thought state regulators…
Colorado approves first-of-their-kind emissions intensity rules
Colorado air-quality regulators on Friday approved a nationally precedent-setting plan in which oil and gas companies must limit the amount of nitrous oxide emissions from…
Colorado companies must begin reporting toxic air contaminants within months
Some 2,000 facilities across Colorado soon must report the amount of 482 different toxic air contaminants that they emitted in 2023 — an arduous process…
Legislative ozone committee beginning to focus on regulatory upgrades
Members of an interim legislative committee studying ozone pollution are focusing more on the idea of increasing modeling and measurement of what are considered minor…
New manufacturing emissions limits take businesses’ concerns into account
After more than two days of strenuous debate, Colorado regulators late Friday approved a first-of-its-kind set of regulations to limit emissions from large manufacturers —…
Colorado to consider restricting sales, usage of gas-powered lawn equipment
Colorado air-quality regulators will turn their attention next to gas-powered lawn and garden equipment. The question is whether they will so far as to ban…
Colorado to impose new emissions regulations on manufacturers
Colorado will take a major step in the next week toward cutting emissions from the state’s largest manufacturing facilities, but business leaders warn that the…
Ozone-air-quality committee begins discussing emissions-cutting ideas
An interim legislative committee began its investigation Friday into the range of factors contributing to ozone pollution, but much of the conversation and suggestions about…
Colorado adopts amended building performance standards
Colorado Air Quality Control Commission members on Thursday approved the state’s first building performance standards, setting requirements for large property owners to cut energy usage…