Tag: Ozone
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Colorado eyes shift in particulate oversight amid EV push
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Colorado’s Air Pollution Control Division proposed shifting oversight of solid particulates as small as one-seventh the width of a human hair from federal to state-only authority on Dec. 19, citing more than 20 years of compliance with national standards. The proposal seeks to repeal EPA-approved particulate controls in seven areas once out of compliance with…
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EDITORIAL: Misplaced blame for Colorado’s ozone woes
Colorado’s Front Range air quality problem is real. The smog often obstructs our view of the state’s natural beauty while impacting health conditions. Yet even as regulators target oil and gas development as the presumed source, the real ozone culprits are Colorado’s natural geography and out-of-state pollution — not the industry they’re eager to blame.…
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Colorado regulators target oil and gas emissions anew
A Colorado commission is mandating an additional 50% cuts in nitrogen-oxide emissions from oil and gas operations by 2030. The Denver basin has a serious problem with summer ozone, though more than half of that comes from wildfires, pine trees and factories from as away as Asia, according to studies by the state and universities.…
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Denver ozone downgraded to ‘severe’ by EPA, but carbon monoxide levels are low
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save While the Denver Metro/North Front Range ozone non-attainment area was recently downgraded to “severe” by the Environmental Protection Agency, pretty much the entire Front Range — from Colorado Springs to Fort Collins — is on the cusp of escaping the eye of the EPA regarding outdoor…
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Denver dodges any reformulated gas-driven price jump
Denver and Northeastern Colorado so far has dodged a huge jump in gasoline prices since the Environmental Protection Agency imposed a reformulated gasoline mandate for metro Denver resulting from the region’s failure to meet federal air quality standards. The reformulated gas mandate began on June 1. According to AAA, in both Denver and statewide, the…
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Air pollution officials approve new ozone-fighting rules
New regulations to help control ozone pollution that critics call “punitive” and “ineffective” were approved, but not formally enacted, during a rulemaking proceeding before the Air Quality Control Commission last week. The regulation’s final wording won’t go into effect until Feb. 15-16, when final approval is expected at the commission’s regular meeting. The public hearing…
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Weld County oil drilling wastewater company agrees to clean up air pollution problems
State air pollution authorities forged an agreement to reduce ozone-causing emissions from two oil-and-gas wastewater disposal sites. The settlement with Expedition Water Solutions includes more than $500,000 in penalties and requirements to install new pollution control and monitoring equipment at its Kersey and Platteville well sites in Weld County, according to a news release. The…
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RTD’s Zero Fare for Better Air program is set to launch its second year
RTD’s Zero Fare for Better Air program is set to launch its second year of helping to lower harmful ozone in the Metro Denver North Front Range Non-attainment Region Thursday. Media and the public are invited to the event at Union Station starting at 10 a.m. Thursday at RTD Union Station’s commuter rail platform, near…
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Round two of RTD’s Zero Fare for Better Air program to lower ozone in the summer kicks off
Later this month. the RTD’s Zero Fare for Better Air program is set to launch its second year of helping to lower harmful ozone in the Metro Denver North Front Range Non-attainment Region. Media and the public are invited to an event at Union Station starting at 10 a.m. June 22 on the commuter rail…
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Ozone control bill headed for Polis’ signature
A heavily amended bill now awaiting Gov. Jared Polis’ signature intended to cut down on ozone pollution makes major changes critics said would result in far-reaching repercussions. They allege it would handicap not just the oil and gas industry, but also other companies in Colorado — and do little to reduce summertime ozone. The bill’s…