Producer costs needed to run state recycling program coming into focus
Aiming to raise $215 million to $267 million for the first year of Colorado’s universal recycling initiative, the organization running the program is looking at…
Regulatory Issues
Oil and gas producers prepare to meet new mandates on recycled water
Colorado oil and gas producers are working to meet another new set of regulations by year’s end — only this time, the rules are concerned…
Colorado preparing to approve new health-based standards on some air emissions
Business and environmental leaders are gearing up for a September regulatory hearing that will mark the next flash point over Colorado air-pollution regulation — the…
Could revamped tool help Colorado determine rules for disproportionately impacted communities?
When Colorado state leaders discuss disproportionately impacted communities and the regulatory protections that should be given them, they rely on a tool known as EnviroScreen…
Polis offers some regulatory reform in final bill signings
Nestled among the final bills from the 2025 legislative session that Gov. Jared Polis signed into law over the past week were several regulatory reform…
Polis signs tip credit bill — with a warning for local governments
Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill Tuesday allowing local governments with higher minimum wages to expand their tip credits — and warned that if they…
Colorado board approves energy-efficient building codes that favor electric heating over gas-powered appliances
Colorado officials approved building codes Friday for new residential and commercial structures that demand more energy efficiency and do so in specific ways that favor…
Board will consider sweeping — and potentially costly — homebuilding mandates
An Energy Code Board set up by a 2022 law will vote next week on recommendations that could require future homes to be built to…
Polis vetoes attempt to boost safety regulations on Uber, Lyft drivers
Gov. Jared Polis on Friday vetoed a bill that sought to ramp up driver safety regulations on rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft, demonstrating in…
Polis signs several bills that businesses had fought
By inking new laws Thursday that make it easier for Coloradans with disabilities and with wage-theft claims to demand damages from businesses, Gov. Polis completed…