Colorado investigating air-pollution control complaints
April 27, 2021
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DENVER (AP) The Colorado attorney general s office will hire an independent investigator to look into whistleblower allegations that the state health department failed to properly enforce federal air quality standards.
The Colorado Department of Law, which is led by Attorney General Phil Weiser, on Monday requested proposals for the investigation of the complaint filed with the Environmental Protection Agency s office of inspector general on March 30, The Colorado Sun reported Monday. The proposals from independent investigators are due May 10.
The whistleblowers in the complaint alleged that dozens of air pollution permits were issued unlawfully by the health department s Air Pollution Control Division to companies and that at least one whistleblower was asked to falsify data to get pollution estimates under permitted limits.
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DENVER Kelly Brenner knew something wasn t right when she saw the same broken-down SUV parked in the same spot for weeks at the corner of West Colfax Avenue and Yates Street, just south of Sloan s Lake. This car didn t move because it didn t run, Brenner said. It was there all the time. I saw that his windshield was broken, and he didn t have a rear windshield.
At first glance, she didn t notice that people were living in the vehicle.
The pace toward Americaâs energy future has quickened as of late, and Colorado could offer directions on where this is headed.
At stake is a changing climate and clean air against millions, if not billions, of dollars in commerce and taxes churned out by powering our lives.
His first day in office, Joe Biden put America back in the Paris climate agreement. In short order, he killed the massive Keystone XL oil pipeline, and caffeinated Joe designated climate change a national security priority. More? He doubled the aim for offshore wind energy production, while moving more public land and water out of the reach of energy producers.
State court is the place to resolve a Colorado community’s fight over forced pooling of oil and gas rights.
A storage tank stands near a well pad located in a field near a housing development in Broomfield, Colo., on Feb. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
(CN) Federal court is not the place to resolve a Colorado community’s challenge to the state’s forced pooling rule for gas and oil extracted under homeowners’ feet, a 10
th Circuit panel ruled Monday.
“Timely and adequate state court review of the Commission’s decision was available to Wildgrass under Colorado’s Administrative Procedure Act,” U.S. Circuit Judge Carlos Lucero wrote in a 7-page opinion published Monday. “Though Wildgrass brought a federal claim, state courts are fully equipped to review the constitutionality of a state agency’s procedures.”