Tag: Environmental Protection Agency
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Front Range ozone levels, Colorado Springs to Fort Collins, hit record highs
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The reduction of harmful ground-level ozone across most of the U.S. over the past several decades has been an air pollution success story. But in some parts of the country, especially in the heavily populated…
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Denver air quality expected to return to normal Friday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver’s air quality is expected to improve by the end of this week after the city has experienced several days of thick smoke and ranked worst air quality in the world on Saturday. On Wednesday, Denver’s air quality index hovered at around 90, within the…
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Thick smoke, poor air quality to continue throughout week in Denver
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The cloud of smoke that engulfed the Denver metro area over the weekend is expected to linger over the coming days, officials said. On Saturday, Denver’s air quality ranked the worst in the world among…
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West Nile virus confirmed in Adams County
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mosquitoes collected in Adams County have tested positive for West Nile virus, the mosquito-borne disease that can cause fever and headaches, and in some cases lead to encephalitis, a brain infection. The positive tests are the first confirmed in the county this year, but Tri-County…
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Several hundred dead fish found in North St. Vrain Creek after gas spill near Lyons
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As Colorado Parks and Wildlife continues to assess damages to the North St. Vrain Creek after last week’s gasoline tanker spill, several hundred dead fish have been identified in the past few days. The gasoline…
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Several fish killed after tanker crashes, spills up to 1,000 gallons of gas near Lyons
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Highway 36 will be closed during daylight hours for the next several days as crews work to clean up a major gasoline spill from a rolled tanker near Lyons that resulted in an extensive fish kill. The tanker rolled aboiut noon Tuesday on Highway 36…
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I-25 reopens in Loveland after tanker spilled 11,500 gallons of fuel
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Interstate 25 near Loveland reopened Sunday afternoon after a massive fuel spill shut down the interstate in both directions early Saturday, the Colorado State Patrol said. A diesel fuel tanker rolled about 1 a.m. Saturday near mile marker 225 in Loveland, spilling approximately 11,500 gallons…
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INSIGHTS | Say hello again as D.C. Doug Benevento comes home (copy) (copy)
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save I’m biased. I’ve always liked Doug Benevento, and he’d have to try a lot harder to change that. President Trump apparently thought a lot of him, too, nominating Doug a year ago to be the second in command, the deputy administrator, of the Environmental Protection…
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Colorado awarded nearly $400,000 for pollution prevention from EPA
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) received a $393,783 grant to support pollution prevention activities, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Wednesday. The grant funding will be used to identify, develop,…