Is now the time to buy an electric vehicle?
Ready to make the shift from gas to electric? You’re not alone. Online searches for “electric cars” reached a record…
Category: Climate and Environment
What’s behind Colorado’s West Nile virus surge?
As mosquito season hatches in Colorado, scientists want to learn more about what’s behind a significant jump in cases of…
Best alternative campfires in Colorado
Many Coloradans have fond memories of sitting around an open campfire without a care in the world. But wildfires have…
Green Energy
Take a jog through the nearly 20,000 acres of natural beauty that make up Denver’s park system, and you’ll likely spot…
Cities and suburbs face growing wildfire threat
Last month’s Marshall fire in Boulder County started small, possibly with a burning shed or underground coal fire. But within a few hours,…
Snow worries
Snow came really late to Colorado this year. As December rolled around, skiers were left scratching their helmets at the dearth of…
The best of RED 2021
STAR alternative Here’s how a new emergency-response service in Denver diverts 911 calls for mental health, substance use and other…
The weird and wonderful world of Denver snow
If you love snow, then it’s been a long autumn in Denver. As the calendar turned to November, the city…
Getting the lead out
There is much to learn from the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, one of the worst human-caused environmental disasters in U.S. history….
The case of the disappearing glaciers
One of the defining challenges of climate change is that its progress can be so gradual, you don’t really notice…