DENVER — You might know her as an actress, fitness guru or controversial Vietnam protester, but nowadays, Jane Fonda’s focus is on the environment. That’s what brought her to Denver and Commerce City, home to one of the most polluted zip codes in the United States.
At the Green House Connection Center , an environmental activist hub in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood, Fonda joined local politicians, community activists and current and former Colorado officials on Thursday.
Angelika Albaladejo, Denver7Her visit to Colorado comes after three weeks of traveling through the Gulf states of Texas and Louisiana to film a documentary about the oil and gas industry.
“I’ve been a climate activist for a long time,” Fonda said. But after learning about fracking’s effects on communities, “I stopped thinking about the climate, and I started thinking about people’s health,” she said.