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Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Water World closed Sunday ahead of Memorial Day due to weather
DENVER (KDVR) — Water World is closed Sunday just a day after opening for the season due to weather, according to the park on Facebook. The Pinpoint Weather team is looking at possible hail around the Denver metro area Sunday, with the first storms developing after 1 p.m. lasting through the evening. Denver weather: Hail possible Sunday afternoon, storms possible Memorial Day Water World opened on Saturday for the busy Memorial Day holiday weekend, but Sunday's closure could put a damper on Coloradans' weekend plans. Park officials said to check the park's social media pages for updates on Monday operations. The Pinpoint Weather team said more storms on Monday are possible, but severe weather potential was low. Stay prepared for storms and forecast changes, a Pinpoint Weather Alert Day and other important weather information: Interactive Denver weather radar Colorado weather alerts Business, church and school closings Weather newsletters FOX31 News app The Pinpoint Weather team will continue to update the forecast multiple times each day. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Colorado is one of the best states for jobs in the beer industry: Study
DENVER (KDVR) — The local beer industry supports many hard-working Coloradans, and not just by offering them a cold one to crack open when they get home from work. Despite the loss of 41 breweries last year and sales dipping below the national average, beer is still a great contributor to Colorado's economy. 16 Colorado breweries win awards at World Beer Cup 2025 More than 2.4 million people across the country make a living because of beer, according to a recent Beer Serves America report by the Beer Institute's chief economist, Andrew Heritage, and Colorado is one of the top states for jobs in the beer industry. The beer industry accounts for about 1 in every 48 jobs in Colorado, the 8th most per capita of any state in the U.S. Vermont – 1 in every 32 jobs Maine – 1 in 38 jobs Montana – 1 in 38 jobs Oregon – 1 in 43 jobs Nevada – 1 in 43 jobs Wisconsin – 1 in 43 jobs New Hampshire – 1 in 47 jobs Colorado – 1 in 48 jobs Idaho – 1 in 51 jobs Hawaii – 1 in 52 jobs According to the report, beer provides 61,262 jobs in Colorado, contributing $13.1 billion to the economy and $1.3 billion to taxes. The nationwide impact is felt across many industries, with more than 43,000 agricultural jobs and 77,000 manufacturing jobs in the U.S. depending on the beer industry. The over 61,000 jobs are spread out among different parts of the beer-making process, including: 6,253 brewing jobs 2,242 distributing jobs 18,886 retail jobs 1,400 agriculture jobs 1,585 manufacturing jobs The jobs earn $4 billion for Coloradans' wages, according to the report. More details and data, including a tool to pull up data for specific congressional districts, can be found in the full online report. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Colorado could adopt some of the country's strongest landfill air pollution regulations
The Lowry Landfill Superfund site east of Aurora in Arapahoe County is pictured on May 16, 2024. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline) Coloradans' trash negatively affects our health after going to landfills. How? Trash, especially food and yard waste, creates large amounts of invisible air pollution in the form of gases. This air pollution contains methane that negatively impacts our climate and toxic air pollutants like benzene and hydrogen sulfide that can make people sick. Coloradans living closest to landfills suffer the worst effects. All of us experience harm from landfill air pollution no matter where we live. To help address this problem, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment recently proposed a Landfill Methane Rule to the Air Quality Control Commission. The rule's purpose is to reduce the landfill gases that harm our bodies, our air, and our environment. This rule would provide highly effective and economical ways to collect and reduce landfill air pollution. Biocovers and biofilters, which use bacteria to break down the gases, are one approach included in the proposed rule. Collecting the gases then burning them inside a closed structure (called enclosed flaring) is another. For either method to work well, highly accurate measurement of the amount of gases released from landfills is necessary to make sure landfill gases are being optimally reduced. While biocovers and biofilters work well to reduce landfill gases, they are not enough to handle the overall amount of air pollution created by landfills. In order to meet our climate goals and protect public health, landfills will have to collect and burn landfill gases or put them to beneficial use (for instance, using landfill gases to generate energy). SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX When I first learned the rule allows enclosed flaring as a method of pollution control, I was alarmed. I pictured oil and gas operations burning unwanted gases in highly polluting and inefficient open flames (called open flaring), a process that has serious impacts on our health. The proposed rule requires new landfill flares to be enclosed and existing open flares at landfills to be phased out by 2029. Enclosed flaring is a tightly controlled process that eliminates 98% to 99% of gases collected from a landfill. Enclosed flaring is different from open flaring because an enclosed flare burns almost all of the gases collected and can be tested to make sure pollution reduction targets are being met. Unfortunately, some particulate air pollution is created during enclosed flaring (called combustion products), but enclosed flaring removes much more air pollution than it creates. As such, enclosed flaring is a needed tool to decrease the harm landfill gases cause to our health and environment. While enclosed flaring is necessary, the public must be protected from combustion products created by the process. The combustion products released by enclosed flaring can be closely monitored and accurately measured. The proposed Landfill Methane Rule requires such monitoring and also requires that any pollution created by enclosed flaring meet air quality standards. In order to minimize the potential harms of enclosed flaring, air quality standards and the proposed monitoring processes must be rigorously enforced. As a physician, I care a lot about the negative impacts of air pollution on our well-being. The best way to prevent landfill air pollution is to reduce the amount of food and yard waste going into landfills. We also must address the ongoing current air pollution from landfills. CDPHE's proposed Landfill Methane Rule creates some of the strongest requirements in the country for reducing landfill air pollution. Support your health and your community's health by learning more about landfill methane and the proposed new rule on the CDPHE website. Members of the public can send written public comments to the AQCC at and they can register, at to deliver verbal public comments in August 2025. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Colorado Republicans urge federal constitutional review of state gun laws
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs Senate Bill 25-3, a gun safety measure, on April 10, 2025, at the Colorado Capitol. (Sara Wilson/Colorado Newsline) A coalition of Colorado's Republican members of Congress, Republican state lawmakers, county sheriffs and the Colorado State Shooting Association want U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to review the constitutionality of nearly 20 state gun laws they say infringe on Second Amendment rights. In a letter sent Monday, the group asked Bondi to take up the review using the Second Amendment Enforcement Task Force her office established in early April. 'Over the past few years, the State of Colorado and some of its larger cities and political subdivisions have, through a progression of increasingly oppressive and burdensome statutes and ordinances, engaged in a systemic and unrelenting campaign designed to restrict, impair, impede and ultimately extinguish Coloradans' right to bear arms in violation of our Constitution,' the letter reads. House Republicans sent a similar request to Bondi's office a few weeks ago, but now more people are on board, including the state Senate Republican caucus, Colorado's four Republican members of Congress, and 14 county sheriffs. The Colorado State Shooting Association is the state branch of the National Rifle Association. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX They urged Bondi to investigate Colorado's 'anti-Second Amendment agenda' and identify 'federal remedies' including litigation. They also want an assessment of how the laws impact 'law-abiding citizens' and rural residents, hunters, people in poverty and people who rely on guns for self defense. The letter mentions laws including the state's high capacity ammunition law, 'red flag' law, waiting period requirement, minimum age requirement and expanded training for concealed carry permits. The majority of the laws called out in the letter were passed in the last three years. It also highlights Senate Bill 25-3, signed into law earlier this month, that sets training requirements to purchase most semiautomatic firearms with detachable magazines. The law is set to go into effect in August 2026. It passed the Legislature with entirely Democratic support. The letter says that the new law fails to meet the 'constitutional benchmarks' set by a series of gun-related U.S. Supreme Court cases. Throughout the lawmaking process, however, bill sponsors asserted that they believe it would stand up to a legal challenge. Colorado joins states including California, Washington and Oregon that require training to buy certain guns. 'I think this bill will make Colorado's communities safer and prevent accidents as well as reduce gun violence, ultimately saving lives while protecting our Second Amendment rights,' Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, said as he signed SB-3. In a statement, Attorney General Phil Weiser said SB-3 was 'commonsense.' 'Colorado communities — from Aurora and Colorado Springs to Boulder and Littleton — have been devastated by gun violence. While each mass killing brings unique pain and trauma, they all have one thing in common: weapons that are more suited for war than for self-defense or hunting,' he said in an email. 'I will continue to go to court to defend Colorado and our laws whenever they are attacked by the gun lobby or Washington, DC.' It is likely SB-3 will face litigation from gun-rights groups. The federal task force is composed of Bondi, the yet-to-be-confirmed associate attorney general, and representatives from the Department of Justice's Criminal Division and Civil Rights Division, the Federal Bureau of Investigations, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. It has not yet met. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
Axios
29-04-2025
- Business
- Axios
Colorado lawmakers hike fees to fill budget gaps
If you own a car, run a restaurant or go to court, expect to pay more in fees in coming years. Why it matters: The Democratic majority at the state Capitol is using fees to fill spending gaps in an austere budget year — even though it works against their promises to reduce Coloradans' cost of living. Catch up quick: The small-dollar increases are easy to overlook, but a handful of bills moving toward the governor's desk would generate big money for the state. House Bill 1303 would permit a $3 annual fee on car insurance, a $16.5 million a year total to spend on road safety projects. House Bill 1189 would allow county clerks to increase fees for staffing and mailing documents. Senate Bill 285 would raise fees on retail food establishments by 25% in the first year, generating $691,000 for the state health department to do inspections and permitting. A bill in the works would increase the bridge and tunnel impact fee by one or two cents to pull in $28.4 million over the next three fiscal years. A draft bill would give the judiciary the ability to increase costa for court filings and docket fees. An item in the state budget bill authorizes the Air Pollution Control Division to increase fees on the companies it regulates by $6.6 million in the first year and more in the future. The intrigue: Two other bills reduce current tax breaks to add money to state coffers. One would increase state tax revenue by $135,000 at full implementation and the other would add about $11 million. Between the lines: The reliance on fees, lawmakers say, is a result of the slimmed-down budget and the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, which limits state spending and requires approval from taxpayers for tax hikes. Fee hikes don't count under the TABOR restrictions, despite efforts to put limits on their usage, meaning lawmakers haave the power to implement new fees Caveat: Gov. Jared Polis signed the $40 billion state budget earlier this week and touted a $3.70 fee decrease. The temporary road safety and surcharge is set to drop by $3.70 for two years, reducing state revenue by $23 million. The fee currently ranges from $16 for a motorcycle to $39 for large trucks. Other bills designed to save people money this session include abolishing extra fees on goods and services and limiting credit card swipe fees. For both, it's unclear how much an individual would save.
