Air Pollution

Ozone alerts and wildfires affect the outdoor air quality in Colorado during the summer. But an air quality expert from CSU says the air inside your home deserves some attention too. So we asked her for advice on how to keep the indoor air you breathe clean and clear.

The pollutants that plague the Front Range in the summer months can trigger asthma symptoms.

Water is also a worry, with producers recycling a far lower percentage than in 2023, led by Western Slope and Front Range operations. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Mark Jaffe and then read the entire article at the link below.

A coalition of environmental groups is suing the Environmental Protection Agency, alleging the agency missed a key deadline tied to a stricter national standard for soot pollution. The case could affect air quality protections across the Mountain West.

The American Lung Association’s annual air quality report shows that some of the most polluted air is in the areas around Las Vegas, Phoenix, Denver, and Salt Lake City, but some of the cleanest is in the mountain areas in Wyoming, Colorado, St. George, Utah, and Prescott Valley, Ariz.

Tri-State Generation is reviewing executive orders, but says its plan to close all three coal-fired units at Craig Station is based on economics. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Mark Jaffe and then read the Colorado Sun story at the link below.

Boulder County awaits the Lyons cement plant’s appeal of show-cause orders, as activists fight the industrial site on multiple fronts.

Rosemarie Russo was questioned and then lost her job after sending frank anti-pollution appeals from residents to Suncor’s Canada headquarters.

The University of California Davis Health system has developed a system to identify such at-risk patients and ensure they have access to care during heavy smoke events. Researchers there are calling for other health systems in smoke-impacted communities to adopt a similar approach.

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