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Ritter lauds DOE for dumping mercury in Texas, not Grand Junction

By | 01.22.10 | 9:37 am

Gov. Bill Ritter Thursday praised the feds for choosing to bury tons of mercury currently languishing in Tennessee deep in the heart of Texas instead at the Grand Junction Disposal Site in Mesa County.

IREA Voices touts new study on looming coal shortages

By | 10.22.09 | 3:15 pm

IREA Voices, a citizen activist group formed to combat the climate change policies of the state’s largest rural electric co-op, is pointing its members to a new study conducted by a former biochemist in Colorado who says the nation’s coal…

Obama works with GOP to pass mercury export ban

By | 10.17.08 | 9:07 am

President Bush signed a major environmental law Tuesday banning U.S. exports of mercury, a dangerous neurotoxin and pollutant. The bipartisan bill was sponsored by Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and Republican Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski.

It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain

By | 10.17.07 | 4:30 pm

Forest fires release 44 metric tons of mercury each year.