EPA

Colorado Environmental Groups Submit Letter to Governor Polis Asking Him to Publicly Oppose the Large-Scale Aurora-area Lowry Ranch Oil & Gas Proposal

August 9, 2024 1 0 Guest Contributor

Editor’s Note: Press Releases are provided to Yellow Scene. In an effort to keep our community informed, we publish some press releases in whole. The letter details the groups’ many concerns with the controversial oil & gas drilling and fracking plan…

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Supreme Court Curtails EPA’s Ability to Limit Water Pollution

May 28, 2023 Like 0 Guest Contributor

The unanimous decision was heralded by Wyoming’s congressional delegation in Washington By Jacob Gardenswartz, Special to the Wyoming Truth (via AP Storyshare) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday moved to limit the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency…

Press Releases

EPA Proposes to Reclassify Denver-Metro and North Front Range as “Severe” Clean Air Act Nonattainment Area for Ozone

April 12, 2022 Like 0 Associate Editor

DENVER (April 12, 2022) — Following Clean Air Act requirements, EPA is proposing to reclassify the Denver Metro North Front Range area (DMNFR) from a “Serious” to a “Severe” nonattainment area for the 2008 National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone,…

Health

Front Range Air Quality 2020: How Now Brown Cloud?

May 18, 2020 Like 0 Deborah Cameron

There are days when the state of air quality along the Front Range can be viewed with the naked eye. The brown cloud that blocks our mountain views is the result of particulate matter made by the reactions of sunlight…

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Slush Funds

November 23, 2010 Like 3 Andra Coberly

When Auden Schendler, environmental director for Aspen Ski Company, sermonized to a congregation of green-minded folk in Boulder last year, his message wasn’t really what the audience wanted to hear. Switching light bulbs, building “green” and buying low-flow toilets will…