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Feds stand by Flaming Gorge pipeline denial
By Troy Hooper |
05.17.12 | 3:07 pm
Another day, another setback for Aaron Million’s proposal to pipe water from Wyoming to Colorado.
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Colorado River Agreement signed by major players
By Scot Kersgaard |
05.16.12 | 1:45 pm
In the American West, the battle for control of water never really ends, but on Tuesday a major agreement among key Colorado players promised greater future cooperation to get more water to more people more consistently. The Colorado River Cooperative Agreement was signed by Denver Water and representatives from Grand County, Summit County, the Colorado River District and the Clinton Ditch & Reservoir Company.
Obama administration challenges oil, gas companies to drill already leased lands
By Troy Hooper |
05.16.12 | 10:46 am
Oil and gas companies are tapping only about 28 percent of federal offshore sea floor they have leased and 56 percent of the onshore land they’ve leased is also sitting idle, the Interior Department said Tuesday.
American Rivers ranks Green, Crystal among nation’s most endangered waterways
By Troy Hooper |
05.15.12 | 5:39 am
Water withdrawals are threatening the Green River as potential dams and diversions are putting fish, wildlife and recreation at risk on the Crystal River, according to a new report.
Colorado civil unions shot dead in GOP-controlled special session committee
By John Tomasic |
05.14.12 | 9:27 pm
DENVER– The gay-rights civil unions bill at the center of a special legislative session called by Gov. John Hickenlooper died as expected on a party line vote Monday in the Republican-controlled House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee.
Students, Polis agree pizza not a vegetable; Congress not so sure
By Troy Hooper |
05.14.12 | 3:50 pm
U.S. Rep. Jared Polis is trying to convince Congress that pizza is not a vegetable.
Speaker McNulty sends civil unions bill to House kill committee
By John Tomasic |
05.14.12 | 12:24 pm
DENVER– Republican House Speaker Frank McNulty in the first hours of a special session of the legislature called to consider a gay-rights civil unions bill has effectively assured that bill’s death, assigning it to the hardline Republican-controlled State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee.
Pressure mounts on Republican opponents of Colorado civil unions bill
By John Tomasic |
05.14.12 | 11:34 am
As the special session of the Colorado legislature launches today centered around gay-rights civil unions legislation, national media outlets are circulating a memo written by a high-profile Republican pollster advising GOP candidates and operatives to embrace equal rights for LGBT Americans. The arguments made in the memo reflect arguments in favor of civil unions made over the past five months by conservatives in Colorado.
Study documents economic muscle of Colorado River
By Scot Kersgaard |
05.14.12 | 11:15 am
The Colorado River provides much of the West with drinking water, water for crops and even water for fracking. In the end, though, it may be the non-consumptive use of recreation that is the river’s most important economic contribution to Colorado and the region.
Colorado Republicans vote to fund fed war on medical marijuana
By Scot Kersgaard |
05.11.12 | 11:33 am
An amendment to the U.S. House Appropriations Bill that would have required the Department of Justice to stand down in pursuing cases against the medical marijuana industry failed Wednesday night on a mostly party line vote. Colorado’s seven-member delegation split on the amendment, with Democrats voting in favor and Republicans voting against.
