Michael Booth

2 weeks ago | coloradosun.com | Michael Booth

The future of Colorado’s ozone-fighting reformulated gasoline is getting a lot more complicated this spring. To recap: The Front Range creates so much toxic ozone that we blew through EPA limits a long time ago. One sanction the EPA gave us for these “severe” violations is that in summer months, we must buy “reformulated gas,” or RFG, that creates less ozone-causing vapor. Oil companies and Gov.

2 weeks ago | coloradosun.com | Michael Booth

The atmosphere on the turf is growing toxic. Private interests trying to do something about the problem are swinging and missing at every turn. Federal regulators are powerless. Local officials are preoccupied with other challenges. And so the numbers get scarier and scarier. [https://newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Screenshot-2025-04-30-at-11.28.00%E2%80%AFAM.png]*We’re talking, of course, about the Colorado Rockies.

2 weeks ago | coloradosun.com | Michael Booth

The atmosphere on the turf is growing toxic. Private interests trying to do something about the problem are swinging and missing at every turn. Federal regulators are powerless. Local officials are preoccupied with other challenges. And so the numbers get scarier and scarier. [https://newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Screenshot-2025-04-30-at-11.28.00%E2%80%AFAM.png]*We’re talking, of course, about the Colorado Rockies.

2 weeks ago | coloradosun.com | Michael Booth

Denver Water may continue shoring up its partially-finished Gross Dam expansion in southwestern Boulder County until a May 6 U.S. District Court hearing detailing long-term safety issues of a permanent injunction against further construction, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals said late Friday. The appeals court granted Denver Water’s request for a temporary stay of the halt to construction at least through the May hearing.

2 weeks ago | montrosepress.com | Michael Booth

A Colorado Senate committee Wednesday killed a bill that would have required health and climate change warning labels on gasoline pumps in the state. The measure had the backing of dozens of environmental groups but faced fierce opposition from industry and the governor’s office.