Environment

The southern Colorado city is home to some of Colorado’s biggest polluters, but little has been known about the airborne impacts. That’s about to change.

Wary of increasing oil and gas development, some municipalities have begun gathering their own data to try to determine potential impacts.

Training initiatives are working to provide novice farmers with the tools needed to keep locally grown food on the table.

Studying how children’s health responds to climate change and creating climate action plans, particularly in Colorado’s poorer counties, is vital as temperatures continue to rise.

What climate change means for one Colorado Indigenous community.

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.

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.