Press Release

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.

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

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.

REMOTE (Nov. 17, 2022):  After more than a year of extensive community outreach, the 22-member Environmental Justice Action Task Force has submitted its final recommendation to the state legislature. The task force served as an independent entity created by the state legislature to review topics of environmental justice in the state. 

(REMOTE: November 14, 2022): The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is pleased to celebrate Colorado Recycles Week and is committed to achieving a 45% diversion rate by 2036.

Here is a sampling of the the steps we’ve already taken to move the needle:

With hospitalizations rising in Colorado, get your flu vaccine to ensure hospital capacity

STATEWIDE (November 9, 2022) — Beginning today, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment will send text and email reminders to approximately 517,000 Coloradans 65 years and older whose records in the Colorado Immunization Information System show they may be due for their annual flu vaccine.

Final meeting to be held on Nov. 9 and 10 in Pueblo

REMOTE (Nov. 4, 2022): The Environmental Justice Action Task Force will be holding its final, hybrid meetings on Wednesday, November 9 and Thursday, November 10 in Pueblo. 

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