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Posts Tagged Clean Water Act

Gardner digs in with Big Oil

By | 10.17.11 | 7:00 am

Colorado Fourth-District Republican US Rep Cory Gardner is filling his campaign coffers for 2012 as he did in 2010 by leaning heavily on oil-and-gas industry donors. He raked in $370,000 in the quarter that just ended. That’s the most of any candidate for federal office from Colorado and topped his take in previous quarters by roughly $100,000. One of every ten dollars Gardner brought in last quarter came from oil and gas, and this quarter the percentage is higher, coming in at roughly 12 percent. That notable campaign finance record paired with the high-profile pro-drilling and environmental-regulation-rollback positions he has taken mark out the freshman congressman as an aspiring top-level advocate for oil and gas on the Hill.

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Gardner says states should be in control of water quality

By | 08.25.11 | 7:27 am

U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner sounded traditional Republican themes when he spoke before the Colorado Water Congress Wednesday. Colorado needs more water storage, he said, and the federal government, especially the Environmental Protection Agency, must back off regulations that block job growth.

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In long run-up to 2012, Gardner draws heat for anti-environmental record

By | 08.17.11 | 7:25 am

Freshman Republican Congressman Cory Gardner weathered a drawn out if ultimately not-close Tea Party caucus battle last year and rode the Republican wave to victory over Democrat Betsy Markey.* Less than a year later, he’s again navigating the increasingly rocky electoral waters of Colorado’s sprawling Fourth District.

Floating the Green River. Copyright © 2011 FreeLargePhotos.com

Colorado awash in water controversy as activists rally to oppose projects, back EPA

By | 07.27.11 | 11:29 am

Water activists around the region – from Southwest Colorado to Southwest Wyoming to downtown Denver – continued to apply pressure on regulators this week on a variety of critical issues such as opposing the proposed Flaming Gorge Pipeline, backing the Clean Water Act and forcing more scrutiny of uranium mining near the Dolores and San Miguel Rivers.

Suzanne O'Neill, executive director of the Colorado Wildlife Federation, speaks to the press Friday at Sunken Gardens Park in Denver as other environmental leaders stand in the background. (Kersgaard)

Enviros protest House appropriations bill that contains major cuts to environmental programs

By | 07.25.11 | 12:41 pm

The U.S. House is expected to vote this week, perhaps today, on a package of cuts to environmental programs that some Coloradans find simply unacceptable. Among the cuts, spending on climate change programs would be cut by more than $80 million or 22 percent. Money for land acquisition would drop by almost a quarter of a billion dollars or nearly 80 percent.

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Kayakers, conservationists to converge on Confluence Kayaks to back Clean Water Act

By | 07.25.11 | 11:13 am

Kayakers and conservation groups will rally at a downtown Denver boat shop Tuesday to hand deliver U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 Director Jim Martin tens of thousands of comments on the federal agency’s proposed guidance on which bodies of water in Colorado and around the nation qualify for protection under the Clean Water Act.

Rep. Mica introduces bill that would rewrite the Clean Water Act

By | 06.16.11 | 9:05 am

Rep. Jon Mica, R-FL, has introduced the “Clean Water for Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011″ (.pdf), a bill that aims to “amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to preserve the authority of each State to make determinations relating to the State’s water quality standards, and for other purposes.” In other words, Mica’s bill would rewrite the Clean Water Act — removing the EPA’s authority to object to state-approved permits and revise state water quality standards.

Groups to rally against Gardner’s EPA ‘attacks’ in Fort Collins on Friday

By | 05.05.11 | 9:51 am

Colorado conservation groups will rally on the sidewalk in front of U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner’s office in Fort Collins on Friday to protest the Republican congressman’s ongoing legislative campaign to rein in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and keep the federal agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act.

Video: How not to clean up Colorado’s leaking mines

By | 12.10.09 | 8:25 am

If you want a good explanation of why it makes no sense to require every draining mine in Colorado to have a treatment plant at its base, check out the recently-posted video titled “Act of Congress: Good Samaritans and Draining…

Agriculture interests fighting new clean water permitting for pesticides

By | 12.01.09 | 2:30 pm

The agriculture industry is petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling requiring anyone spraying pesticides on or near water to hold a Clean Water Act permit.

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