Press Release | Department of Public Health & Environment

State issues report on its statewide tour to discuss climate change

Health department leads Colorado agencies in gathering feedback to enhance local and state coordination to reduce pollution and invest in energy infrastructure

REMOTE (December 23, 2022): In collaboration with several state agencies, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Air Pollution Control Division has published a report following its statewide climate change listening tour.

CDPHE partners with the Colorado School of Public Health to create gun violence prevention resource bank

REMOTE (Dec. 21.

CDPHE monitoring increase in invasive group A strep cases, other bacterial infections, in Colorado

Parents and guardians should call their child’s doctor if they have new or worsening symptoms during any illness

STATEWIDE (Dec. 15, 2022) — The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is monitoring an increase in pediatric hospitalizations caused by group A strep.

State health department moves forward with rules to make more zero-emission trucks available and save Coloradans money

Air Pollution Control Division expects program to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other emissions that contribute to ozone pollution

REMOTE (December 14, 2022): The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Air Pollution Control Division is moving to ensure there are even more zero-emission trucks available in Colorado. The division has requested a hearing on a statewide clean truck sales standard and an emissions rule with the Air Quality Control Commission.

Get flu vaccine now for holiday gatherings: Influenza, COVID-19, and RSV circulating statewide

STATEWIDE (Dec. 8, 2022) — Holiday gatherings are reaching their annual peak and so are respiratory infections. Current influenza hospitalizations rates are higher at this time of year than any season in the previous decade.

Funding now available to expand programs to reduce overdoses, deaths, and criminal incarceration due to drug use

REMOTE (Dec.

World AIDS Day reminds everyone to show support for people living with HIV

REMOTE (Dec.

State health department requires Prospect Energy to make changes at Krause site

Air Pollution Control Division lifts cease and desist order after overseeing months-long process to safeguard public welfare

REMOTE (November 30, 2022): After requiring Prospect Energy to improve its operations and equipment, the Air Pollution Control Division is terminating the cease and desist order for the company’s Krause site. The division is also requiring Prospect Energy to meet certain conditions and conduct additional monitoring when it resumes operations.

CDPHE to send flu vaccine text and email reminders to parents and guardians of young children

Hospitalizations continue to rise in Colorado: Get your child/children vaccinated

STATEWIDE (November 21,2022 ) — Beginning today, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment will send text and email reminders to approximately

Grant funding now available to help reduce pollution in communities most impacted

REMOTE (Nov. 22, 2022): The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is now accepting applications for new grants that will fund projects to ensure every community has a healthy environment in which to live, learn, work, and play.