ARCHIVED  March 1, 1996

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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Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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