Michael Booth

1 week ago | coloradosun.com | John Ingold |Michael Booth

How-do, Colorado, and welcome to another edition of The Temperature, where we have so much important health news to talk about today that … maybe we just procrastinate a little at the top here. Are the Colorado Rockies the hottest team in baseball? Ever since the Rockies set the modern record for the fewest wins through 70 games in Major League history, they have been on a tear. They’ve won three in a row — tying them for the second-longest active win streak in baseball (behind the Dodgers, yuck).

2 weeks ago | coloradosun.com | Michael Booth |John Ingold

So far in 2025, there’s been a lot of good news for people who want to utilize or extract natural resources on public lands, and a lot of bad news for those only interested in protecting and preserving. Let’s take a pause, then, to appreciate where a circa-2025 federal agency and defenders of wildlife seem to agree on an Endangered Species Act victory, and a cooperative delisting of a once-threatened life form.

3 weeks ago | coloradosun.com | John Ingold |Shannon Mullane |Michael Booth

Hey there, Colorado, and welcome to another edition of The Temperature. I’ve been thinking a bit lately about sliding doors — specifically the sliding doors at the entrance to the Children’s Hospital Colorado emergency department in Aurora. About two weeks ago, they slid open when my wife and I carried our infant inside for a check on his oxygen levels as he dealt with that made it hard for him to breathe and put a cannula up his nose. He was ultimately fine then and is fine-r now.

4 weeks ago | coloradosun.com | Michael Booth

Colorado anglers and their families should strictly limit fish consumption from catches at popular lakes such as Chatfield Reservoir and Barr Lake because of increased risk of ingesting PFAS “forever chemicals” and mercury, according to new state maps and health warnings issued Thursday. The state health department’s fishing advisory maps added new warnings for areas contaminated by a PFAS variant called perfluorooctane sulfonate, or PFOS.

4 weeks ago | coloradosun.com | Michael Booth

Mid-May in Washington, D.C., brought some loud Trump administration warning shots for states like Colorado, where majorities of voters have pushed for clean energy alternatives and action on climate change. First, the U.S. House and Senate voted to strip California — and states that have largely copied their rules — of the right to go further than EPA minimums in selling clean electric cars and trucks.