KC Becker

KC Becker: Federal employees should stand their ground against buyouts and bullying

February 10, 2025 at 1:06 p.m.

KC Becker was the Environmental Protection Agency's Region 8 administrator under President Joe Biden. Becker was a Colorado state representative from 2013 to 2021 and she served three years as...

Gas flares into the sky at the Suncor Energy refinery in Commerce City on July 26, 2023. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

抖阴ap: Suncor-EPA settlement is part of effort to do right thing by Commerce City, North Denver

November 9, 2023 at 6:16 a.m.

EPA鈥檚 recent Clean Air Act fuels settlement with the Suncor refinery generated questions about both the settlement and EPA鈥檚 broader efforts to improve environmental conditions at the facility and in...

Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, ...

KC Becker: Colorado’s budget is in trouble and needs federal help

May 4, 2020 at 9:29 a.m.

If Colorado doesn鈥檛 get more federal assistance for our state and local governments, we could see schools, law enforcement, health clinics, correctional facilities and job training programs shut down or...

In this 2015 file photo, job applications and information for the Gap Factory Store sit on a table during a job fair at Dolphin Mall in Miami.

Commentary: Fighting to advance opportunity聽for hard-working Coloradans

August 14, 2018 at 11:00 a.m.

If you feel like achieving a middle class life in Colorado is increasingly out of reach, you are not alone.

Becker: Putting PERA on a path to prosperity

June 15, 2018 at 12:13 p.m.

Democrats and Republicans in the Colorado General Assembly are elected to solve problems and to make our state a better place to live, thrive and yes -- retire.

The practice of burning off methane into the atmosphere is called flaring.

Guest Commentary: Federal methane guidelines, modeled on Colorado鈥檚 rule, also necessary

August 4, 2016 at 5:24 p.m.

The recent two-year anniversary of the Colorado methane rule, the first statewide comprehensive regulation of methane pollution from oil and gas operations, was recognized at the University of Colorado Denver...

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