DENVER, Colorado, May 6 (TNStalk) -- The Colorado Public Interest Research Group issued the following statement on May 4, 2023: * * * With less than a month until the start of our next ozone season, a bill that will reduce ozone pollution from buildings and end toxic lighting has passed the legislature. Sponsored by Representatives Kipp and Willford and Senators Cutter and Winter, HB23-1161, "Environmental Standards for Appliances," now heads to Gov. Polis for signature. By updating emissions  more

DENVER, Colorado, May 3 (TNSgov) -- The Colorado Public Interest Research Group issued the following news release: Colorado is poised to become the ninth overall state, and the first non-eastern state, to put limits on dangerous bee-killing pesticides after the legislature passed SB23-266, sponsored by Senators Kevin Priola and Sonya Jaquez Lewis and Representatives Cathy Kipp and Kyle Brown. The bill comes at a critical moment for pollinator health in Colorado. While home to 946 native bee sp  more

DENVER, Colorado, May 3 (TNSgov) -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news: The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission today adopted the final draft of the agency's Wolf Restoration and Management Plan with a unanimous vote. This comes after nearly two years of collecting input from a broad range of stakeholders, including ranchers, scientists, hunters, advocates, wolf experts and community members. "The plan developed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife is a significant step towards   more

DENVER, Colorado, May 5 (TNSjou) -- National Jewish Health, a respiratory hospital, issued the following news release: For the past two decades, there has been a major resurgence in progressive massive fibrosis (PMF), (also known as black lung) among coal miners, leading researchers from National Jewish Health and across the country to examine what job duties might be putting them at risk. Current federal regulations require routine monitoring of dust levels in specific "high risk" jobs in unde  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 (TNSrpt) -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws issued the following news release: By NORML Tax revenues derived from licensed retail sales of state-legal, adult-use cannabis products totaled approximately $3.8 billion last year - according to an analysis provided by the Marijuana Policy Project. MPP's figures do not include revenues derived from the sales of medical cannabis products and/or the collection of state-imposed regulatory fees. Adult-use s  more

DENVER, Colorado, May 6 (TNSgov) -- The U.S. Meat Export Federation issued the following news release: * * * Beef Exports Show Signs of Rebound * * * March exports of U.S. pork were the largest since May 2021, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). While below last year's high volume, March beef exports were the largest since October. March pork exports totaled 260,195 metric tons (mt), up 17% year-over-year and the ninth largest volume o  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, May 5 (TNSres) -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: A Colorado judge today set a deadline for Gov. Jared Polis' administration to draft an air quality permit for the West Elk coal mine and ordered the state to report progress to ensure the tardy permitting remains on track. "It's time for Colorado to stop dragging its feet and start protecting people from polluters like Arch Coal's West Elk coal mine," said Jeremy Nichols, climate and energy program d  more

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado, May 3 (TNSgov) -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: The Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Commission unanimously greenlit the agency's plan to restore wolves to Colorado after the keystone species has been effectively absent from the state for roughly 80 years. The Commission also approved the rules which will determine wolf-killing and livestock loss compensation. Some wildlife advocates and conservationists worry that too much discretion in the  more