Large, contested fiscal notes could be obstacles for air-quality bills
As Colorado legislators sit down in the coming weeks to try to fit a large swath of spending bills into a small budget allocation that’s…
Energy & Environment
Committee considers whether carbon capture has future in Colorado
As Colorado aims to achieve 100% net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050, leaders of key state agencies argue that they can’t meet that goal without employing…
Committee kills bill to prevent drilling of future oil-and-gas wells
A proposed ban on new oil-and-gas wells failed to make it out of its first legislative committee Thursday, dying after a nearly nine-hour hearing in…
Legislators remove local-control provision from environmental-cleanup bill
A bill to offer more environmental protections to disproportionately impacted communities is advancing in the Colorado Legislature, but without a key provision that would have…
Senators advance seasonal oil-and-gas activity pause, industrial fine increases
Legislators looking to ramp up both regulations against air-quality violators and the enforcement of those laws advanced two major pieces of legislation Wednesday, despite warnings…
Packaging producers could pay more than $300M to launch statewide recycling system
The long-anticipated price tag for Colorado to establish a statewide recycling system is in — as much as $310 million to implement a recommended “medium”…
Proposal expands list of products made with “forever chemicals” that would be banned
Colorado legislators began advancing a bill Tuesday that bans the use of “forever chemicals” in an increasing amount of consumer products — but also began…
First air-quality regulatory boost clears initial legislative committee
A Colorado House committee advanced the first bill out of a set of significant air-quality proposals Thursday — a measure that that would ramp up…
Bill would reverse major business concessions in new manufacturing emissions rules
A trio of Democratic legislators has introduced a bill that would overturn many of the major concessions that business leaders won in a rulemaking process…
Polis rolls out new emissions reduction roadmap, complete with near-term action plan
Gov. Jared Polis on Monday unveiled an updated version of Colorado’s three-year-old Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap, featuring 49 new short-term actions to help the…