Lonnie Hanzon’s trash fashion show will kick off Denver’s 2018 PrideFest

The dresses and suits are composed cardboard and plastic, old rope light, newspaper packaging, water bottles and horse feed bags. And yet, they look like normal, highly processed items of the fashion world.

Electric vehicle charging in Denver’s dense neighborhoods will take a multi-agency effort

While EV enthusiasts are thus far pleased with Denver's progress, some say it's going to take a focused effort to bring the juice to some of Denver's denser neighborhoods.

Denver’s got the most polluted zip code in the country? Not so fast.

Is 80216 really the most polluted zip in the U.S.?

In a million years, Denver’s garbage could be all that’s left of us

For geeks today or in the future who want to look closely, our trash represents some hefty societal value.

Will Denver’s green roofs attract wildlife? It depends on what we plant.

There isn't much chance that deer or urban bunnies will make their way onto green roofs, as cool as that would be. But birds and bugs could.

I-70 opponents suffered a setback in court, but they’re not giving up

A federal judge declined to issue an injunction to stop the Platte to Park Hill flood control project over its connection to the I-70 widening.

Denver is one of the first U.S. cities to require green roofs — so what happens now?

A landscape architect who specializes in green roofs says anxiety around implementation is overblown. "We're ready," Leila Tolderlund said. "Bring it on."

Rocky Mountain Micro Ranch wants us to be more sustainable by eating bugs, starting in Denver’s trendy restaurants

Rocky Mountain Micro Ranch's vision is to provide nutrition-packed food to the world without the large environmental footprint associated with raising livestock. They think they can make an impact on American sustainability, but only if they can bring insect fare into the mainstream.

Drivers in the Denver metro area produce just as much ozone as oil and gas production, according to an NCAR study

That means individual Denverites have the power to reduce ozone pollution by driving less, the authors of the study said.

LOOK: A vigil for doomed trees at City Park Golf Course

Activists held an end-of-life vigil for doomed trees, a somber protest that marks a new dimension for activism around this project.

Initiative 300: What you need to know about the Denver Green Roof Initiative

Denver wouldn't be a lone pioneer, but it would be out in front in terms of major U.S. cities requiring green roofs.

Niwot really, really loves electric vehicles, according to this new map

Where will Denver’s next 300 vehicle chargers go? Here’s the plan

Interior Dept. will allow more mining, logging in sage grouse habitat

The Interior Department unveiled a sage grouse plan that gives Western states greater flexibility to allow economic activity where it now is prohibited.

Denver teachers union, members of progressive wing diverge on key school board races

Rocky Flats cleanup is working, according to a federal review

A Department of Energy review found that precautions put in place after a 10-year cleanup are protecting people and the environment at Rocky Flats.

Denver’s growing pains — and drug problems — make their way into the South Platte

They're familiar Denver tensions — development, lack of affordable housing and rising drug use — and each has inevitably seeped into the river.

EPA can’t delay methane rules laid down under Obama, federal judges rule

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said Friday that the state had joined a lawsuit over the delay brought by environmental groups.

You can’t make money from the trees you don’t cut down, Interior Secretary Zinke tells Western governors

"There's a consequence of not using some of our public lands for creation of wealth and jobs," Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said.

U.S. Senate saves Obama-era methane rule, but not with Cory Gardner’s help