pollution
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WATCH: DeGette advocates plan for wildfire pollution control
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WASHINGTON – Efforts to control wildfires always will fail until the government develops a long-term plan to prevent forest fires and is willing to fund it, Colorado U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette said Thursday. DeGette was speaking during a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on environment hearing. Congress is trying to improve methods to control air…
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Study links air pollution to drop in national park visitors
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Visitors appear to be steering clear of some U.S. national parks or cutting visits short because of pollution levels that are comparable to what’s found in major cities, according to a study released Wednesday. Researchers at Iowa State and Cornell universities looked at more than two decades of data on ozone pollution at 33 parks…
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Federal appeals court blocks effort to suspend methane rule with input from Colorado
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A federal appeals court blocked a Trump administration effort to suspend an Obama-era methane regulation with input from Colorado. Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, has long been dedicated to the subject of methane, dating back to 2014 when the state passed the first methane regulations in the nation. Producers are required to use infrared cameras to…