Tag: Pollution And Environment
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Denver’s aging trash collection trucks, lack of drivers could doom new ‘pay-as-you-throw’ program
Denver’s new trash collection program may be foundering before it even launches. The pay-as-you-throw program, approved by a split city council vote in June, faces an uphill battle as Denver’s Solid Waste Management Division of the Department of Transportation & Infrastructure may not be able to meet the program’s requirements, according to Denver Auditor Timothy O’Brien.…
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Report: Colorado’s low-income, non-white communities disproportionately exposed to pollution
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A new report from Mapping for Environmental Justice found that low-income communities and communities of color in Colorado are significantly more likely to be exposed to pollution. MEJ’s state map shows that Colorado’s communities of color breathe nearly twice as much diesel pollution as predominantly…