Press Release

REMOTE, April 21: After months of collecting feedback and gaining support from the agency’s boards and commissions and its volunteer Health Equity Commission, CDPHE has officially published a proclamation declaring racism as a public health crisis. 

REMOTE (April 21, 2021): Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced today that it has hired Shaun McGrath, most recently director of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, to be the department’s new director of environmental programs.

As CDPHE announced on August 22, 2020, we have empaneled a group of experts to examine if the department’s existing ketamine waiver process provides adequate oversight and training to ensure public health and safety.

REMOTE (April 13): The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced Tuesday that Suncor Energy has submitted a report from an independent organization into the root cause of emissions exceedances at the company’s refinery in Commerce City between 2017 and 2019, along with Suncor’s plan for implementing the findings of that investigation and a list of additional actions it intends to take.

REMOTE, (March 10, 2021): Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) has investigated several cases of confirmed and suspected foodborne botulism in the state since September.

REMOTEL (Jan. 26, 2021): The Colorado Air Quality Enterprise board of directors held its first public meeting Tuesday, establishing its rules and procedures and electing officers as it prepares to enhance collaboration between the state government and air quality researchers.

REMOTE, Nov. 30, 2020: The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is pleased to announce the launch of its newly redesigned main website

REMOTE, Nov. 18: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has investigated several cases of confirmed or suspected foodborne botulism in the state since September.

REMOTE, Sept. 28: The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment immediately closed Clear View Behavioral Health today, using a summary suspension, because of several regulatory violations. All patients have been relocated, and appropriate parties have been notified.

REMOTE, Sept. 4: The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is reporting the second case of human plague in the state this summer. The case, reported to the department on Sept. 3, is a resident from a rural county in Colorado.