Grain bin accidents remain deadly. One farmer hopes his family’s story can help.

Tom Ritter and his son, Cory, had worked together with their families every harvest season for the past 20 years.

“My daughter loved to ride in the semi during harvest with my dad,” said Cory. “I remember seeing them leave the field together, and just the time that he took and the importance that he put on spending that quality time with family.”

The experience of climate change captures dangerous shift better than numbers

On July 1, my neighbor gave birth to a baby girl. I met her a few days later, sleeping outside on her aunt’s lap on a hot, hazy evening in Northwest Denver. I ignored another air quality alert on my phone and complimented her full head of hair. I am nearing 30 years old; I remember summers free of wildfire smoke and ozone-alerts.

Will she?

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