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Santorum and Gingrich dismiss climate change, vow to dismantle the EPA

By | 02.06.12 | 5:30 pm

GOLDEN — A day before Republicans voice their presidential preferences in Colorado caucuses, Rick Santorum dismissed climate change as “a hoax” and advocated an energy plan heavy on fossil fuels.

DeGette, Polis seek to expand fracking study, push for tougher health protections

By | 02.03.12 | 12:13 pm

U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette and Jared Polis are calling on President Obama to strengthen environmental and public health standards to protect against risks posed by hydraulic fracturing.

Colorado ‘fracking’ protesters booted from Winter X Games

By | 02.01.12 | 8:04 am

A revolt against hydraulic fracturing in Colorado went worldwide Sunday night as a group of self-described “fractivists” flashed anti-drilling signs along the superpipe of the Winter X Games.

Report: Colorado’s Gardner stars in ‘most anti-environment House’ in U.S. history

By | 01.03.12 | 2:04 pm

U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., is among the legislative antagonists singled out in a new report (pdf) detailing the first session of what it calls “the most anti-environment House in the history of Congress.”

Congresswoman DeGette: Farm Dust bill underscores Tea Party ‘madness’ in House

By | 12.14.11 | 6:45 pm

As the House prepared to pass the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act last week, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette must’ve imagined herself wearing a pale blue knee-length dress with a white pinafore top.

Congressional dustup over farm dust: A problem the White House says does not exist

By | 12.09.11 | 10:54 am

A bill that aims to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating farm dust addresses an imaginary problem and could choke critical powers from the Clean Air Act, according to opponents.

Casida takes on Tipton: Conservative says West Slope congressman isn’t her cup of tea

By | 12.01.11 | 10:07 am

Tisha Casida is a 29-year-old southern Colorado-bred conservative. The Keystone XL Pipeline, she suggests, is safer and probably better for the environment than sending oil tankers across the Atlantic. The country’s conflict over carbon dioxide, she hints, may be as much a waste of time as the war on drugs. She makes no bones that she is disappointed in her congressman, Scott Tipton, because he hasn’t demonstrated leadership on a few crucial issues, like speaking out against the Patriot Act.

Fracking chemicals found in Wyoming groundwater

By | 11.12.11 | 5:36 am

An ongoing EPA investigation of possible contamination from hydrofracking in Wyoming has found significant amounts of cancer-causing fracking chemicals in a freshwater aquifer in that state.

EPA issues final research plan for studying impact of fracking on drinking water

By | 11.03.11 | 11:05 am

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released a final research plan for its ongoing and congressionally mandated study of the controversial but common oil and gas drilling procedure known as hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.”

EPA says it will weigh in soon on Keystone XL

By | 10.28.11 | 8:01 am

The Environmental Protection Agency will soon offer its comments on the final Environmental Impact Statement prepared by the U.S. State Department concerning the Keystone XL pipeline.