Press Release

State Health Department, Front Range Waste Diversion Enterprise Fund invites applications for $5 million in waste diversion project grants

The Front Range Waste Diversion Enterprise Fund and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment are pleased to announce the release of the eighth grant request for applications designed to support projects with significant waste diversion impacts in the Front Range of Colorado.

State health department found higher-than-normal air pollution emissions in area near Suncor refinery

REMOTE (April 12, 2023): The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment found higher-than-normal levels of sulfur dioxide in the area surrounding the Suncor refinery in Commerce City this morning. The higher-than-normal levels did not exceed federal National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The standard is measured in one-hour increments, and it is 75 parts per billion per hour. Cultivando’s air monitors recorded two short-term spikes, one at 155 ppb and another at 186 ppb.

EPA and Colorado release final enforcement and compliance workplan to prioritize heavily polluted communities

U.S. EPA Region 8 and CDPHE released their final workplan to implement the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Advancing Environmental Justice through Enforcement and Compliance Assurance in Disproportionately Impacted Communities, which the agencies signed last year.