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From respiratory patients to trail runners to kids playing outdoors, horrendous Front Range air quality requires some medical advice.

Haze and smoke settled into the front range last week, and it鈥檚 about to get worse. Air quality will dip as wildfire smoke mixes with urban pollution.

You may have noticed the haze that has settled over the Front Range in the last few days. And you might have gotten a push notification alerting you to the poor air quality. But what should you do with that? We鈥檒l hear about what these notifications mean for your health on today鈥檚 In the NoCo.

Gov. Jared Polis and top Democrats announced an agreement with the fossil fuel industry and environmental advocates to avert a ballot box fight in November. As part of the deal, lawmakers scrapped more aggressive regulatory proposals in place of two new bills, with just days left in the legislative session.

Colorado Sun Health and Environment Reporter Michael Booth joined us to discuss the Front Range鈥檚 struggle to control ozone and the Swift effect on Denver鈥檚 economy.

KUNC's Desmond O'Boyle sat down with The Colorado Sun's David Krause to talk about how the Front Range has already violated federal ozone caps and whether stricter drilling and transportations bans are on the way, and things that might affect how much taxpayers get as a refund under the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR).

Today on Colorado Edition, we learn why one species of fish native to the Colorado River is no longer on the endangered list. We also learn about a new set of policy recommendations aimed at protecting Colorado鈥� big game populations, and hear why many Western cities are recording some of the worst air quality levels on the planet.

Massive wildfires across the West have worsened the air in Colorado, contributing to roughly double the number of days residents are exposed to dangerous fine particulate matter known as PM 2.5 versus a decade ago. Researchers say the air can be hazardous even if you don't see or smell smoke.

In recent weeks, Colorado鈥檚 air quality has rapidly deteriorated. Smog, a portion of which is composed of smoke from wildfires within and outside the state, has obscured our view of the mountains from the Front Range. And this week the state failed to meet an Environmental Protection Agency deadline for reducing ozone pollution.