The MFJS Reporter — Winter 2020 M-W

Fracking, oil drilling and traffic have dramatically increased the amount of air pollution in Denver’s metro area. Denver has been breaking records, as the city is being monitored for the unhealthy air quality that has reached hazardous levels.

“When I came to Colorado I assumed the air everywhere would be very clean because of the mountains, but Denver is not because it is a city trapped in a valley below the mountains filled with emissions, traffic and pollutants,” Ellie Janette, a sophomore at the University of Denver, said.