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Fort Collins City Hall Sept. 21, 2021.

City Council hosts second work session for 2022 budget

Austria Cohn September 29, 2021

On Sept. 28, the Fort Collins City Council held the second work session to discuss the 2022 recommended budget. Mayor Jeni Arndt was not present for the work session, with Kelly Ohlson from district...

Colorado State University’s solar panel field at the Foothills Campus taking in energy on a lightly cloudy day Sept. 20. (Grayson Reed | The Collegian)

CSU earns middle sustainability ranking from Sierra Club

Austria Cohn September 28, 2021
Sierra Magazine, a national magazine publication that focuses on conservation and natural resources, recently ranked Colorado State University No. 10 in sustainability for national universities.

Larimer County intensive care units reach full capacity

Austria Cohn September 22, 2021

The intensive care units in Larimer County are at full capacity as we move toward flu season and the COVID-19 delta variant continues to thrive among the unvaccinated. In the last three weeks, ICUs...

Fort Collins City Council in session Sept. 21. The City Council heard from community members and moved forward with a variety of ordinances impacting Poudre School District, local marijuana codes, infrastructure, and other aspects of the city.  (Ryan Schmidt | The Collegian)

City Council talks construction, new landmarks in meeting

Austria Cohn September 22, 2021

On Sept. 21, the Fort Collins City Council discussed the 1041 Regulations Project and the involuntary designation of a historical landmark in the City, among other topics. Councilmember Julie Pignataro...

Canvas Stadium stands in low-hanging smoke from both the Lewstone fire near Rist Canyon and the Cameron Peak fire near Cameron Pass Aug. 23. (Devin Cornelius | The Collegian)

Fort Collins ranks 17th-worst in nationwide ozone levels

Noelle Mason September 19, 2021
Fort Collins residents are no strangers to waking up with scratchy throats from poor air quality. Fort Collins was recently ranked the 17th-worst city in terms of high ozone days, according to a new report from the American Lung Association, bypassing its 2020 placement of 19th-worst.  “The primary sources contributing to ground-level ozone pollution are oil and gas and transportation,” Lea Schneider, Larimer County environmental health planner, wrote in an email to The Collegian. Jeffrey Pierce, a professor at Colorado State University's department of atmospheric science, explained that nitrogen oxide from car pollution mixes with volatile organic compounds leaked from the oil and gas industry in Colorado on hot days, creating the ozone we experience in Fort Collins.
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