"Colorado Springs wrestles with sulfur dioxide pollution from central coal-fired power plant", 15 January 2017

Colorado Springs [...] faces intensifying friction over foul air from an 80-year-old, coal-fired municipal power plant that pumps out sulfur dioxide... The power plant is slated for removal, but not until 2035 under a timetable the city council approved... Colorado Springs Utilities has hired [...] AECOM Technical Services, which produced another report on air quality. City officials are refusing to share that report. Activist mother Leslie Weise tried to obtain it. She filed a [...] legal petition, arguing there is an important public interest in knowing about air pollution that residents may be inhaling. An El Paso County district court rejected her petition, and she appealed... Utilities officials have hired a lawyer and are pursing penalties against Weise. Colorado Springs Utilities officials declined a Denver Post request to review their Colorado Springs air study. “That was attorney-client work product...” utility spokeswoman Amy Trinidad said, invoking a legal privilege that lets attorneys keep some information sealed... The friction here reflects SO2-related problems nationwide at coal-fired power plants and other industrial facilities, including the Suncor oil refinery upwind of Denver...

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