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.
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Colorado will hit 98.5% carbon cuts from electricity by 2040, new study says
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
Feds say state health officials deserve more time to object to a rule making public access easier on ozone-related records
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Proposal to ban gas lawn mower sales in the Denver area is severely cut back
State health staff recommends limiting local government use of ozone-creating lawn equipment, rather than the sales ban metro experts want
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Opinion: Phase out gas-powered lawn equipment in favor of electric
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
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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Boulder’s NOAA leads international blitz of research as battle against air pollution escalates
Airplanes, SUVs and backpack sensors fan out with researchers from three countries in the fight against ozone and particulate emissions.
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Parts of Colorado’s Front Range have topped ozone limits for nearly 20 years. Will they ever do better?
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
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Front Range inches closer to banning gas-powered mowers and blowers in fight against ozone pollution
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
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Colorado ozone accelerated by smoke from out-of-state wildfires, study shows
NOAA analysis of 2021 West Coast fires shows need for state to cut locally produced ozone to meet EPA rules, authors say