Air Quality

Science

Living With Uncertainty: Is Oil And Gas Bad For Your Health?

Across the county, in areas like north Texas, western Pennsylvania and in the suburbs and towns north of Denver, communities are becoming industrialized,鈥�

The brown cloud covering highly populated parts of the Front Range is the visible part of air pollution, but unseen ozone is most dangerous to health.

Environment

Breathe Easier With This Guide To Colorado鈥檚 Summer Ozone Levels

Ann Marie Awad

It鈥檚 that time of year -- time to air out the camping gear, grab a fresh pair of sneakers and bask in Colorado鈥檚 outdoors. But depending on the day, you鈥�

Science

Thanks To These Fort Collins 5th-Graders Wearable Air Quality Sensors May Be In Our Future

Ann Marie Awad

Colorado State University researchers are working on finding new ways to measure air quality. To help pilot a new wearable air quality monitor, they鈥檝e鈥�

Business

Despite Known Hazards Of Storage Tank Vapors, Oilfield Workers Still Face Exposure

On a cold night in January 2012, Dustin Bergsing climbed to the top of a storage tank on a well pad in the North Dakotan Bakken oilfield. Bergsing was a鈥�

Business

How Can Colorado Be Both For And Against The Clean Power Plan?

Dan Boyce

More than two dozen states, including Wyoming and North Dakota have sued to stop the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan. Eighteen states, the鈥�

Environment

EPA's New Ozone Standards Raise The Bar Once Again For Colorado's Air Quality

Dan Boyce

Air quality has long been a concern in Colorado; many might remember the skies back in the 1970s and 80s along the Front Range."Oh, it was horrible,鈥�

Business

Oil & Gas Industry Looks To New Tech To Guard Workers Against Silica

Anna Boiko-Weyrauch

Sand is a key ingredient in hydraulic fracturing, but breathing in too much of it can lead to silicosis, an incurable but entirely preventable disease鈥�

Science

Pets, People And Place Help Pick The Microbes You Live With

Your home is filled with microbes. Fungi and bacteria cover your appliances, your door handles, and even your skin.Yet researchers lack understanding as鈥�

Environment

Are Measurements Of Methane From Oil And Gas Flawed?

Stephanie Paige Ogburn

Since 2013, researchers have been traveling around the nation鈥檚 oil and gas fields, measuring leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.In Colorado,鈥�

Environment

Who's Making Ozone? CU Analysis Says It's Hard To Pin Down

Whether ozone is a pollutant or not depends on where it is in the atmosphere. At high elevations, in the stratosphere, it shields the earth from鈥�