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Colorado’s backcountry ‘roadless rule’ takes effect

By | 07.05.12 | 3:33 pm

A plan to manage some of Colorado’s most prized forests went into effect on Tuesday, marking the end of a seven-year process conducted among an eclectic mix of stakeholders.

Watchdog group rebukes Congressman Tipton over financial ties to oil, natural gas

By | 04.23.12 | 8:49 am

A campaign reform group skewered U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton on Thursday for continuing to rake in big bucks from special interest groups and voting for oil and gas projects that could financially benefit him.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission claims Colorado botched licensing of uranium mill

By | 03.15.12 | 3:54 pm

Colorado officials failed to allow the public to properly vet a proposed uranium mill they licensed last year, U.S. regulators declared last week in a letter to an environmental group suing the state.

Conservation groups, tribe defend feds in Grand Canyon uranium mining lawsuit

By | 03.13.12 | 4:14 pm

A coalition of conservation groups and a Native American tribe are backing the U.S. government in its battle to block new uranium mining in Arizona’s iconic Grand Canyon.

Arizona’s Havasupai Tribe, the Grand Canyon Trust, Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra…

BLM sage-grouse guidance ruffles some enviro feathers

By | 12.29.11 | 12:26 pm

Reactions from conservation groups both nationally and on the ground in Colorado have been mixed regarding this week’s U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) guidance for the preservation of habitat for the greater sage grouse.

Backers of Colorado Roadless Rule running out of legal options, enviro attorney says

By | 10.27.11 | 1:23 pm

An environmental attorney who argued in favor of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule before a federal appeals court says there are only two legal options left for opponents of the Clinton-era rule and backers of state-specific rules like Colorado’s – and both are long-shots.

McCain, GOP blasted for bid to block Salazar’s Grand Canyon uranium mining moratorium

By | 10.13.11 | 11:58 am

Conservation groups reacted swiftly Wednesday to a bill introduced by Republican Sens. John McCain and Orrin Hatch, among others, that would block the U.S. Interior Department from implementing a 20-year moratorium on new uranium mining near Grand Canyon National Park.

U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner.

Gardner leads in fundraising, much of it from mining, oil and gas

By | 07.26.11 | 10:57 am

Freshman U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner pulled in more campaign contributions than any other congressional candidate in the second quarter of the year, according to the Greeley Tribune, with more than 10 percent of the funds coming from mining, oil and gas companies. The Republican lawmaker in the mineral-rich 4th Congressional District of northeastern Colorado has been a consistent proponent of more domestic drilling and mining.

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DeGette says Colorado Roadless Rule ‘falls short’ of protections in national rule

By | 07.15.11 | 1:11 pm

Just under the wire, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., got her official comments in on the controversial Colorado Roadless Rule Thursday, sending them to the U.S. Forest Service in a letter copied to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Forest Service chief Tom Tidwell.

Governor Ritter makes the grade

By | 09.29.10 | 12:17 pm

Governor Bill Ritter, who has staked his claim on making Colorado a leader in the “green economy,” got his report card yesterday and he did OK.

Colorado Conservation Voters graded the governor in seven subjects, with grades ranging from…

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