ozone
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We all play a part in improving Colorado’s air quality
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Colorado’s Front Range stands at the brink of being bumped from “moderate” to “serious” nonattainment of the 75 parts per billion ozone standard issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2008. If Metro Denver and the northern Front Range do not meet the standard this summer, the bump-up to “serious” nonattainment could have significant…
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Ozone fell in north metro Denver, even as oil and gas spiked, and fracking combatants agree, sort of
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While ozone levels are falling in north metro Denver, both sides of the oil-and-gas development debate are taking a deep breath to explain why. State regulators report that emissions of volatile organic compounds, a key ingredient in ground-level ozone, have fallen by one-half in metro Denver and the northern Front Range, the battlefield over fracking.…