LEGISLATIVE ACTION MATTERS! Physicians for Social Responsibility of Colorado (PSR Colorado) thanks you for taking action to protect Colorado’s public health, air quality, water supply, and climate.
Please take the simple actions below to stop SB25-280 and stop SB26-306 both of which favor corporate interests over healthy air quality and safe energy sources.
Resources for reference:
American Lung Assn. “State of the Air” report on Denver-Aurora-Greeley
Issues in the 2025 CO Legislature
Oppose SB25-280, the “Data Center Development & Grid Modernization Act”
SB25-280 proposes to award tax breaks and regulatory shortcuts to corporations operating large new data centers in Colorado. Health professionals serving on our PSR Colorado board submitted this letter to legislators expressing concern that the bill does not assure that “Coloradans are protected from the well-documented climate, health, water, and energy cost burdens that accompany data center development.” SB25-280 favors corporate interests over Coloradans at a time when federal regulations are being cut and our state faces large budget shortfalls and growing energy demands that increase the risk of higher utility rates and of slowing the transition away from polluting fossil fuels.
Bill Status: Next vote - Senate Appropriations
Please call and email these Senate Appropriations committee members now and ask them to vote no on SB25-280 when it comes up before the committee (probably this week).
Sen. Julie Gonzales: 303-866-4862, julie.gonzales.senate@coleg.gov
Sen. Jeff Bridges: 303-866-4846, jeff.bridges.senate@coleg.gov
Sen. Chris Kolker: 303-866-4883, chris.kolker.senate@coleg.gov
Sen. Judy Amabile: 303-966-4872, judy.amabile.senate@coleg.gov
Click here to tell your state legislators and Governor Polis to oppose SB25-280
Oppose SB25-306, a bill that targets
Colorado’s Air Pollution Control Division for audits
SB25-306 is promoted by corporate interests that previously pitched a “Colorado DOGE” bill forming a commission to scrutinize environmental health rules for “efficiency.”
The mission of the Air Pollution Control Division is “Protecting the health and well-being of Coloradans by enforcing the state's air pollution laws and improving the quality of the air they breathe.” We need to support this agency in its mission, not subject it to regular audits with no stated justification.
The American Lung Association’s new “State of the Air” report ranks the Denver-Aurora-Greeley area as the 6th most polluted metro area in the US, but the audits proposed in SB25-306 could lead to weaker air quality regulation and give polluters more power.
The people of Colorado need cleaner air to breathe, not more power and influence for polluters.
Click here to tell your state legislators and Governor Polis to oppose SB25-306
Status: Next vote - House Floor
Environmental Justice - Healthy Air Matters
Poorer communities suffer most from burning gas in homes. Generally, the smaller the home, the higher the indoor air pollution. Lack of maintenance of gas stoves, furnaces and water heaters or poor venting increase exposure. Outdoor air pollution from NO2 is greater around freeways and other industrial sites. Lack of money and programs to incentivize electric alternatives/retrofits are barriers for low-income families.
Children living in multi-family housing had higher concentrations of NO2 than those in single-family housing and respiratory symptoms were severe.
Children in homes with gas appliances suffer worse asthma symptoms causing days of missed school, missed work, more sick days, school truancy issues, and emotional, social, and mental health issues. Association of Indoor Nitrogen Dioxide Exposure with Respiratory Symptoms in Children with Asthma
Among Inner City pre-school children in Baltimore in mostly low income row homes, each 20 point increase in indoor NO2 concentration was associated with a 10% increase in the number of days of coughing and nocturnal symptoms and a 15% increase in number of days of limited speech due to wheezing. A Longitudinal Study of Indoor Nitrogen Dioxide Levels and Respiratory Symptoms in Inner-City Children with Asthma
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