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Concerns over oil and gas emissions during pandemic not enough to...

From her home in Broomfield, Susan Speece, 74, says she can tell when oil and gas workers are drilling.  “Burning eyes. Stuffy nose. Burning in...

The EPA has paused enforcing air quality laws. Colorado regulators say...

State health officials say they’re trying to stay the course on regulating air and water pollution during the COVID-19 pandemic even as the Environmental...

In wake of Suncor settlement, lawmakers double down on toxic emissions...

State air regulators last week reached a $9 million settlement with Suncor, the owner of the oil refinery in Commerce City, for violating the...

Colorado health officials want better monitoring and cleanup of toxic PFAS...

In the summer of 2018, Lucy Molina, a 45-year-old mother of two who lives in Commerce City near the Suncor oil refinery, said a...

Colorado’s goal to rein in ozone misses federal deadline by two...

Colorado health officials have set a goal to reduce toxic ground-level ozone along the Front Range by 2023 — roughly two years beyond a...

Jill Hunsaker Ryan, public health and environment department head, talks environmental...

Jill Hunsaker Ryan started her career in public health more than two decades ago. She worked on and off for the Colorado Department of...

Benzene spike detected near Greeley elementary school Levels of benzene, a...

State health officials said Monday concentrations of benzene exceeding federal health-based guidelines were recorded near Greeley’s Bella Romero Academy, a majority Latino school in...