On Wednesday, President Biden will travel to Colorado to attend an event at Camp Hale with Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and other elected officials where he is expected to designate a new national monument and to tout the Colorado Outdoor Recreation Economy Act. But the timing of the visit is interesting given that the greatest
Read More...The Environmental Protection Agency has responded to Gov. Jared Polis’s (D) plea for an ozone waiver that he previously declined, and the news isn’t good for Colorado drivers. The EPA confirmed that Polis’s decision not to seek an ozone nonattainment waiver means that Coloradans will be required to buy reformulated gasoline, which is more expensive,
Read More...Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) recently did a 180 on ozone, saying Colorado should have the same waiver as other states – the same waiver the governor rejected in 2019 when he broke from former Governor John Hickenlooper saying that the state couldn’t “sit back and rely on a waiver or other countries to get
Read More...Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency denied the state of Utah’s request to seek a waiver from the ozone nonattainment list, ignoring key data that shows the majority of the state’s ozone problems lie outside of the state’s control. Utah’s waiver, submitted last year by the state’s Department of Air Quality (UDAQ) and known as
Read More...Last month, the Salt Lake Tribune published a story that sought to blame the bulk of Utah’s ozone pollution on local industrial sources, including the state’s oil and natural gas industry. But as Energy In Depth pointed out at the time, the primary reasons for ozone in Utah, and other states like Colorado and California,
Read More...Colorado has a long history of bringing various stakeholders together to address ozone levels given the unique challenges the state faces. It’s easy to forget just how far Colorado has come on the issue and what a successful track record the state has in lowering levels and addressing emissions in a collaborative way. So easy,
Read More...Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … Andrew Cuomo’s plans for New York City’s natural gas peaking plants depend on untried and technologically challenging renewables. He’s risking a blackout. On February 28, 2019 the New York State of Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) proposed regulations to lower allowable nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from simple
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