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Posted inEnvironment

Boulder-based scientists track the ozone hole. Here’s how they do it — and what they know.

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MST on Nov 20, 20237:31 AM MST on Nov 20, 2023

NOAA’s global lab not only launches balloon after balloon, but has noticed victories that might tell us where to go on climate change as well.

An aerial view of solar panels in a field.
Posted inEnvironment

Colorado will hit 98.5% carbon cuts from electricity by 2040, new study says 

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MDT on Nov 1, 202311:15 AM MDT on Nov 1, 2023

Modeling achieves almost net-zero clean energy without major policy changes or new costs, Energy Office says.

Posted inEnvironment

EPA delays orders to Colorado on opening pollution records  

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MDT on Oct 6, 20231:25 PM MDT on Oct 13, 2023

Feds say state health officials deserve more time to object to a rule making public access easier on ozone-related records

Posted inEnvironment

Proposal to ban gas lawn mower sales in the Denver area is severely cut back

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MDT on Sep 19, 20236:36 PM MDT on Sep 18, 2023

State health staff recommends limiting local government use of ozone-creating lawn equipment, rather than the sales ban metro experts want

Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: Phase out gas-powered lawn equipment in favor of electric

by Kirsten Schatz and Kelly Giard 1:30 AM MDT on Sep 15, 202312:50 PM MDT on Sep 14, 2023

Replacing high-polluting 2-stroke engines is an obvious early win in the Metro Area’s battle against high-ozone days.

Posted inTransportation

Free bus rides yielded record-breaking summer for transit in Colorado Springs 

by Olivia Prentzel 4:35 PM MDT on Aug 31, 20234:35 PM MDT on Aug 31, 2023

16 transit agencies across the state took advantage of an expanded Zero Fare for Better Air program offering free public transportation

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Posted inEnvironment

Boulder’s NOAA leads international blitz of research as battle against air pollution escalates

by Michael Booth 8:00 AM MDT on Aug 3, 20232:38 PM MDT on Aug 3, 2023

Airplanes, SUVs and backpack sensors fan out with researchers from three countries in the fight against ozone and particulate emissions.

Posted inEnvironment

Parts of Colorado’s Front Range have topped ozone limits for nearly 20 years. Will they ever do better?

by Mark Jaffe 4:02 AM MDT on Jul 17, 202310:19 AM MDT on Jul 17, 2023

The question is whether the 9-county nonattainment area will one day meet EPA air quality thresholds, as Atlanta did this year, or become a perennial offender like Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Downtown Denver under hazy, polluted air
Posted inEnvironment

Front Range inches closer to banning gas-powered mowers and blowers in fight against ozone pollution

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MDT on Jul 11, 20239:39 AM MDT on Jul 16, 2023

Regional council recommends state vote to bar sale of new household lawn equipment that runs on gas, and commercial use of existing gas machines in summer

a hilltop building with a hazy view of a valley below
Posted inEnvironment

Colorado ozone accelerated by smoke from out-of-state wildfires, study shows

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MDT on Jun 20, 202310:32 AM MDT on Jun 21, 2023

NOAA analysis of 2021 West Coast fires shows need for state to cut locally produced ozone to meet EPA rules, authors say

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