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Ethics Watch blasts state for non-response to NYT on Clean Water Act

By | 09.15.09 | 3:27 pm

Thirty-nine states provided information requested by the New York Times as part of its series on Clean Water Act violations called “Toxic Waters: A series about the worsening pollution in American water and regulators’ response.” Colorado wasn’t one of…

In western Colorado, a rising number of intersex fish

By | 09.15.09 | 2:11 pm

A new study released Monday finds surprisingly high incidences of male fish carrying immature eggs in their testicles. The “intersex” fish are appearing throughout the nation, including in western Colorado.

Colorado’s recession-minded D.C. reps embrace ethanol

By | 06.03.09 | 12:34 pm

Obama-era economic policy so far has not prominently featured the nation’s farm country. That’s changing. Policy being weighed now in Washington concerning ethanol will have a major impact in states like Colorado, home to Yuma County, one of the most efficient corn-growing regions in the country and a major producer of the biofuel.

As debate over ethanol heats up, the path the Obama Administration is steering looks to be exactly the kind of middle-way, practical political tack that chagrins progressives, in this case energy analysts and environmentalists who want to see the country take bold steps and begin to lead the world in green technology and climate change.

Mesa Verde among national parks threatened by EPA air-pollution rule change

By | 11.22.08 | 7:40 am

Great Smoky Mountain National Park and the mountain range it protects were named for the natural fog that often enshrouds its peaks on the North Carolina-Tennessee border. But in recent years the nation’s most visited national park is called “Great Smoky” for another reason.