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Accounting for ozone: Study first to quantify impact of oil and gas emissions on Denver's ozone problem
2016-08-08 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: The first peer-reviewed study to directly quantify how emissions from oil and gas activities influence summertime ozone pollution in the Colorado Front Range confirms that chemical vapors from oil and gas activities are a significant contributor to the region's chronic ozone problem. Summertime ozone pollution levels in the northern Front Range periodically spike above 70 parts per billion (ppb), which is considered unhealthy -- on average, 17 ppb of that ozone is produced locally. The new research,...
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