A Colorado commission is mandating an additional 50% cuts in nitrogen-oxide emissions from oil and gas operations by 2030.
The Denver basin has a serious problem with summer ozone, though more than half of that comes from wildfires, pine trees and factories from as away as Asia, according to studies by the state and universities.
On Nov. 20, the Air Quality Control Commission voted, 7-2, to require the added cuts. Local oil and gas operations contribute a smaller share – 20% to 30% – of smog-forming chemicals, the Regional Air Quality Council earlier reported…