/tags/environmental-protection-agency-epa Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Sun, 15 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT /news/2024-09-15/climate-pollution-reduction-grants-provide-33-tribal-nations-with-300-million The Environmental Protection Agency is awarding the grants to 33 tribal nations and one U.S. territory. Recipients plan to apply the funding to reduce air pollution, transition to clean energy use, and promote environmental justice. Sun, 15 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT /news/2024-09-15/climate-pollution-reduction-grants-provide-33-tribal-nations-with-300-million Grace Fiori, Buffalo's Fire /regional-news/2024-09-03/epa-chooses-mountain-west-project-to-reduce-air-pollution-in-schools Air pollution can be two to five times worse indoors compared to outside, and it’s especially concerning for children, who tend to breathe in more air than adults in relation to their body weight. Tue, 03 Sep 2024 21:31:45 GMT /regional-news/2024-09-03/epa-chooses-mountain-west-project-to-reduce-air-pollution-in-schools Rachel Cohen /news/2024-07-09/no-the-epas-ozone-fighting-mandate-did-not-sharply-raise-colorado-gas-prices Front Range gas prices are lower than a year ago despite requirement for “reformulated gas” that reduces ozone-causing emissions. Tue, 09 Jul 2024 17:13:03 GMT /news/2024-07-09/no-the-epas-ozone-fighting-mandate-did-not-sharply-raise-colorado-gas-prices Michael Booth, The Colorado Sun /news/2024-05-16/environmental-group-threatens-to-sue-epa-for-failure-to-take-over-weld-county-oil-complex-permits The Colorado Air Pollution Control Division has missed its EPA deadline to rewrite permits for a Weld County oil and gas complex. A non-profit environmental group is threatening to sue the agency as a result. It contends the EPA and state regulators have failed to act quickly on the issue. The Colorado Sun editor David Krause joined KUNC's Michael Lyle, Jr. to get more on this story. Thu, 16 May 2024 21:34:19 GMT /news/2024-05-16/environmental-group-threatens-to-sue-epa-for-failure-to-take-over-weld-county-oil-complex-permits Michael Lyle /2024-04-11/epa-strict-limits-forever-chemicals-drinking-water For the first time, the federal government is putting limits on “forever chemicals” called PFAS in the nation’s drinking water – a move that will protect communities across the Mountain West. Thu, 11 Apr 2024 22:58:23 GMT /2024-04-11/epa-strict-limits-forever-chemicals-drinking-water Kaleb Roedel /2024-03-25/oil-gas-mountain-west-leak-nine-times-more-methane-epa-thinks Methane is a strong climate-warming pollutant. And a new study shows oil and gas operations in the Mountain West and beyond are leaking a lot more of it than the government thinks. Mon, 25 Mar 2024 21:59:09 GMT /2024-03-25/oil-gas-mountain-west-leak-nine-times-more-methane-epa-thinks Kaleb Roedel /regional-news/2023-09-26/clean-air-progress-is-being-reversed-by-wildfire-smoke-study-says New research shows air quality gains in the U.S. have been cut by wildfire smoke. Scientists are sounding the alarm for change if the world wants to breathe clean air in the future. Tue, 26 Sep 2023 17:27:02 GMT /regional-news/2023-09-26/clean-air-progress-is-being-reversed-by-wildfire-smoke-study-says Emma VandenEinde /2023-08-31/epa-weakens-water-protection-rules-following-supreme-court-decision The Environmental Protection Agency has removed protections from more than half of the country’s wetlands. The agency says the change is designed to comply with a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Thu, 31 Aug 2023 20:33:51 GMT /2023-08-31/epa-weakens-water-protection-rules-following-supreme-court-decision Will Walkey /news/2023-08-24/news-brief-with-the-colorado-sun-weiser-sues-epa-and-rockies-lovers-arent-just-fair-weather-fans The Colorado Sun editor David Krause joined us to discuss Attorney General Phil Weiser’s lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency, plus a look back at 30 years with the Colorado Rockies. Thu, 24 Aug 2023 20:03:47 GMT /news/2023-08-24/news-brief-with-the-colorado-sun-weiser-sues-epa-and-rockies-lovers-arent-just-fair-weather-fans Nikole Robinson Carroll /regional-news/2023-08-08/u-s-senate-restores-interior-and-epa-funding-after-house-recommends-big-cuts Last month, the U.S. House proposed sweeping cuts to the upcoming budgets of the Interior Department and Environmental Protection Agency. Now, a Senate committee has restored most of what the agencies are asking for. Tue, 08 Aug 2023 17:29:26 GMT /regional-news/2023-08-08/u-s-senate-restores-interior-and-epa-funding-after-house-recommends-big-cuts Will Walkey