Steady population growth places clean air at risk
It’s difficult to say whether commuters truly are improving their habits or if it’s cleaner burning cars alone that help Northern Colorado meet federal air-quality standards.
While current pollution levels pose no serious threat here, the challenge is to guard against increases that could come with growing populations.
“It would be a great step if the levels could be maintained,´ said Sheila Burns, of the Colorado Health Department’s Air Pollution Control Division. “A trend we’re seeing consistently is a clean up and downward trend.
“The concern though, is that if there’s a significant amount of growth, it will shift,” she…
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