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Environmental groups filed a formal notice today of their intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency to force it to update limits on soot, sulfur and nitrogen air pollution. The standards must be reviewed and updated every five years to account for the latest science on the risks and threats to human health and the environment. But the agency last updated any of the standards for the three pollutants back in 2013.

High ozone levels triggered more than double the number of air quality health advisories this year compared to last year in Colorado Springs, even though the state did not see

High ozone levels triggered more than double the number of air quality health advisories this year compared to last year in Colorado Springs, even though the state did not see

Colorado oil and gas producers are facing the prospect of tougher smog regulations as EPA completes its latest about-face on a series of contested Trump administration

The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of Pennsylvania’s plan to clean up smog from eight industrial polluters, including a fracked gas facility. Portions of Pennsylvania currently violate standards for ozone pollution, also known as smog, at levels that can trigger ecological harm and human health problems like asthma attacks and even death. The EPA-approved plan to reduce that pollution at these facilities is flawed because it relies on outdated technology, such as the practice of flaring off fossil fuels, a te...