Local Media Coverage

Noise complaints soar at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport

Mark Wallach: More pro-development myths: Cities do not magically grow their way toward affordability

February 22, 2022 | Residents raise concern over lead from airplanes

Lead In The Sky: A Hidden Health Crisis | Community Corner

Rocky Mountain airport plan scrutiny intensifies: Community group calls for noise and pollution studies before business expansion

Turbulence:
Critics question impact of proposed Longmont airport expansion

Boulder Daily Camera: Rock Creek HOA files legal appeal about avigation easement ruling

Laurie Muir: Rocky Mountain Airport violated easement agreement – Boulder Daily Camera

Westminster neighbors complain about increased airplane noise, dozens of planes flying overhead

Broomfield residents say constant plane noise from nearby airport is disruptive

July 31, 2021 | Denver Post Letters to the Editor | Colorado’s air quality is getting better but room to improve

Longmont airport critics can petition for proposed ballot initiative

Increase In Air Traffic In Northwestern Part Of Denver Metro Area Concerns Some Residents

April 21, 2022 | Boulder Weekly Letters

April 7, 2022 | Noise from above:
Air traffic over Boulder is testing residents, creating tension with airports and pilots—but solutions remain elusive

August 29, 2018 | Neighbors, pilots gather at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport to discuss noise

September 18, 2019 | Residents Upset About Increase In Flights At Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport

Rocky Mountain Metro neighbors fear strategic plan: Airport wants to develop across 200-acres

National Media Coverage

Santa Clara County House Reps Call on the Biden Admin to Help Protect Vulnerable Communities from Lead Exposure

       The EPA may finally reckon with aviation’s dirty secret: leaded fuel. "It’s unconscionable to think about the hundreds of thousands of children that have been exposed to lead over all of these years from airport activity."

With Sensors on Streets, France Takes Aim at ‘Noise From Hell’: The French authorities are installing “sound radars” in some cities to detect and photograph vehicles making excessive noise, which they say is a public health hazard.

Lead Exposure May Have Lowered The IQ of Half of Americans Since 1940

LA County Supervisors seek review of steps for potential Whiteman Airport closure

Environmental Protection Agency asked to regulate lead pollution at airports

Multi-million dollar noise claim against DIA gets day in court - Several Adams County communities say they’re owed $33.5 million for three years of violations

Our Unsustainable Secret

Groups Ask EPA to Regulate Lead Pollution Around Nation’s Airports:  Most airborne lead in the U.S. comes from aircraft, yet EPA refuses to regulate toxic additive           

Searching for Solutions to Alaska’s High Rate of Deadly Air Crashes

Flight Shame in Great Barrington: When it comes to aviation, small is not beautiful.