Environment

Despite multigenerational conflict over land access and rights, communal irrigation systems called acequias remain a powerful antidote to the forces threatening rural communities.

Even in one of Colorado’s most famously rural locales, poor air quality and its impacts have become impossible to ignore.

Cars, wildfires and global warming are creating respiratory risks like never before, but officials worry not enough people are aware.

RTD has implemented changes in an effort to protect passengers and employees during the pandemic, but some bus and light rail operators say the agency hasn't done enough.

Colorado has some of the country’s highest household radon levels. A state program aims to ensure all families can test for and address it.

As Colorado struggles to meet more stringent air quality standards, children, low-income residents and other populations remain most vulnerable to persistent airborne pollution.

And three things you can do about it.

Longstanding environmental health concerns in northeast Denver have become magnified amidst several large-scale, long-term infrastructure projects.

Activists fear that low-income communities of color are being disproportionately impacted by oil and gas drilling in northern Colorado.

Displacement from gentrification can have a long-lasting effect on health and well-being. Some residents in northeast Denver are experiencing this firsthand.