News Release | Environment Colorado

Elevation Outfitters to Host First-Ever 10K Run Through Lodo, Presented by Westword

Elevation Outfitters, Denver's only locally owned and operated active lifestyle and outdoor apparel store, will host a 10K run through Lodo on October 17, 2004.

News Release | Environment Colorado

EPA 2004 Pollution Report Reveals High Emissions of Carcinogens, Developmental & Reproductive Toxicants

Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data released by EPA this week not only shows that reported toxic pollution increased by five percent for the second time since the TRI program began in 1987, but also that industry reported releasing and disposing of more than a billion pounds of cancer-causing chemicals into America's air, land and water in 2002, according to an analysis by Environment Colorado Research and Policy Center.

News Release | Environment Colorado

Colorado Taxpayers Will Pay $22.6 Million for Superfund Cleanups

Last minute tax filers were greeted at the Downtown Denver Post Office today by Colorado citizens concerned that $22.6 million of their 2004 tax dollars will pay for the clean up of Superfund toxic waste sites, while polluters are let off the hook, according to a new analysis released by Environment Colorado and the BE SAFE network. 

News Release | Environment Colorado

Report: Colorado Local Governments, Crippled By Budget Shortfalls, Could Save Billions By Curbing Sprawling Development Projects

"The Fiscal Cost of Sprawl: How Sprawl Contributes to Local Governments' Budget Woes," a report released today by Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center, found that the high cost of providing and maintaining infrastructure for sprawling development hurts taxpayers and contributes to the fiscal crises facing many Colorado local governments.

News Release | Environment Colorado

Research Links Sprawl And Health: Study Finds Link Between Community Development Patterns And Level Of Active Living

 A new national study and special issues of two prestigious medical journals released today offer powerful indications that sprawling development has a hand the country's obesity crisis. 

News Release | Environment Colorado

Report: FasTracks Would Benefit Denver Region's Economy And Environment

"Getting on the Fast Track to a Livable Denver Region", a report released today by Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center and the Livable Communities Support Center, found that the proposed FasTracks plan to build out the transit system in the Denver region would create more than 8000 construction jobs, strengthen the local economy through increased spending, reduce air pollution and limit the rapid pace of increasing traffic and sprawl in the metro area.

News Release | Environment Colorado

Report: Costs Of Sprawl High: Smart Growth Choices Can Save Money, Water, Quality Of Life

According to a report released today, Colorado's sprawling development has led to higher costs for fire protection and other infrastructure costs, strained water resources, destroyed agricultural lands and open space, caused increased traffic congestion, and otherwise reduced the quality of life for many Coloradans.

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