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Forest Service pumps brakes on coal mine expansion into Colorado roadless area

By | 02.14.12 | 1:24 pm

The U.S. Forest Service overturned a decision Monday to approve the expansion of a coal mine in western Colorado that biologists feared would destroy wildlife habitat.

Groups want to hasten COGCC director’s exit, call for improved oil and gas oversight

By | 02.10.12 | 12:07 am

Citing the pending departure of David Neslin, environmentalists are speaking out against the “ongoing parade of regulators” leaving state government to take jobs with the industries they formerly regulated.