đ§ DIAâs not so bad and Red Rocks isnât that cool
BY PEYTON GARCIA | @CITYCASTDENVER
WHATâS YOUR DENVER HOT TAKE?
We recently stumbled onto this gem of a tweet from @do303official. And the comments were very entertaining â hilarious, interesting, and in some cases, actually kinda thought provoking. I absolutely encourage you to peruse the whole thread, but here were just some of the common themes I noticed.
Turns out, a lot of people donât actually mind the population boom.
Red Rocks, Snooze, and our green chili â not all theyâre cracked up to be.
We donât all love the outdoorsâŚ
Not everyone likes the food scene as much as I do, apparently.Â
This was my hot take, too, if youâre wondering: DIA? Donât mind it.Â
No hate for 16th Street Mall.
Buuut Iâve actually got to cancel this one, sorry Joe⌠đ¤˘
TODAY ON THE PODCAST đ
“Ozone doesn’t just bother our lungs, it bothers plants’ lungs â It makes it harder for them to do their job to suck carbon out of the atmosphere.” â CPR climate reporter, Sam Brasch
Denverâs Air Quality is in the News Again and itâs Not Good (Actually, itâs Terrible)Denverâs brown cloud is in the news⌠again. And it doesnât seem to be getting better. In fact, in a new move by the EPA, the Front Rangeâs air quality has gotten so bad that itâs been downgraded from a “serious” to “severe” violator of national ozone standards.
But what does it actually mean for Denverites when it comes to quality of life? Are we looking ahead to another summer locked indoors because our air quality is so terrible? Today on the show, host Bree Davies talks with CPR climate reporter Sam Brasch about what, exactly, this new EPA categorization means, how it will impact our lives, and what â if anything â we can do about it.
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