Simple Steps Better Air

Curious as to why summer ozone is such a big deal in the Front Range?

Whether you’re a parent, teacher, neighbor, or local leader, the Simple Steps. Better Air. website has an easy-to-read FAQ page that’s perfect for learning and sharing with your community to stay informed and healthy during ozone season.

Why this matters for our communities:

Ozone forms on hot, sunny days, exactly when kids are playing and people are exercising. And, ozone can make it harder for people with asthma or lung conditions to breathe. But small changes daily from many people can reduce emissions that contribute to ozone pollution!

Help spread awareness in your community, for better air that supports a healthier future for everyone.

https://simplestepsbetterair.org/faq/

Colorado’s air quality affects all of us! The Simple Steps. Better Air. Resource Hub makes it easy to get involved in your local community and take action with posters, handouts, toolkits, and real-time air quality information from CDPHE, Love My Air, and EPA AirNow.

It also offers a full set of Spanish-language resources, including air-quality advisories, EPA guidelines, and community materials from GreenLatinos and Cultivando. Ensuring that everyone has access to clear, reliable information.

También ofrece un conjunto completo de recursos en español, incluyendo avisos de calidad del aire, directrices de la EPA y materiales comunitarios de GreenLatinos y Cultivando.

Explore our resource library, share it with your community, and help make every breath a little easier:

https://simplestepsbetterair.org/resources/

Updates to our Simple Steps. Better Air. website have made it easier than ever to share air quality tips with others!

Click through our Simple Steps about protecting your health or reducing your emissions during the summer ozone season. You’ll find all kinds of tips, like how working from home can help, how to get 30% off new electric lawn equipment this year, and why filling up your car after 5 p.m. really does matter.

Show you care and share your favorite tip with a friend!

https://simplestepsbetterair.org/simple-steps/

Simple Steps Better Air - Simple Steps. Better Air. Discover easy ways to improve air quality along Colorado's Front Range, protect your health, and sign up for summer ozone alerts.

Ground-level ozone is the Colorado Front Range’s most pressing air pollution problem! It forms when fossil fuel emissions combine on hot, sunny summer days.

At higher concentrations, breathing in ground-level ozone irritates our throats and lungs, increases our susceptibility to respiratory infections, and exacerbates ailments such as asthma.

Between late May and mid-September, Simple Steps. Better Air. and the Regional Air Quality Council (RAQC) issue ground-level ozone advisories in partnership with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE).

Known as “Ozone Action Day Alerts,” these advisories forecast the days most likely to have higher ozone concentrations and negatively affect our health. The alerts last between 4 p.m. of the first day, until midnight, or until 4 p.m. of the following day. They can be extended for multiple days if needed.

Signing up for text or email alerts from Simple Steps. Better Air. makes it easy to know when it matters most to protect your health!

https://simplestepsbetterair.org/protect-your-health/

While ground-level ozone is our most pressing summer air quality issue, it is not our only one here in the Colorado Front Range. In the warmer months, we also deal with wildfire smoke.

Looking for information on what to do when wildfire smoke is in the air?

Our resources page and FAQ include links to several reliable websites and apps that track wildfires, provide air quality data in real time, and will send you smoke alerts, such as: EPA AirNow, Watch Duty, and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Air Pollution Control Division.

To stay current on Colorado wildfire activity, prescribed burning operations, and smoke from out-of-state sources, you can also visit the state CDPHE APCD Colorado Smoke Blog.

Our resources page: https://simplestepsbetterair.org/resources/