U.S. Environmental Protection Agency documents obtained by Environment Colorado reveal behind-closed-doors negotiations between the EPA and Powertech USA that would allow the company to contaminate part of the underground aquifer beneath its proposed Centennial uranium mine north of Fort Collins,…
AVON — Colorado mountaineer Aron Ralston, famous for a bouldering mishap in Utah which he survived by amputating his own forearm, has been touring the state with other recreation proponents pushing for a huge new wilderness proposal called Hidden…
A coalition of environmental groups looking to drum up local support for a huge new wilderness bill that could protect up to 450,000 acres of national forest land in Colorado from oil and gas production, timber sales and mining have…
Vail may be battling bugs with biomass, but ski-town rival Aspen wants to dig deep in order to heat up its enviro-friendly image … literally.
According to the Aspen Daily News, the city council last week awarded a…
Thursday’s court filing by the Department of Justice in the 10th Circuit Court in Wyoming, which has federal jurisdiction over Colorado, indicating the DOJ will appeal two previous rulings against the 2001 Clinton roadless rule is a strong sign which…
Environmentalists won’t allow President Obama to sit on the bench of sports escapism for even a minute without reminding him of his obligations to reject the Bush administration’s eight-year full-court press on America’s national forests.
On the same day a West Virginia lawmaker is expected to introduce the Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2009, the Pew Campaign for Responsible Mining today released a report finding industry subsidies could cost American taxpayers up to $1.6 billion dollars in the coming decade.
Today’s look at what’s happening in Congress courtesy of GovTrack.us.
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According to the House roll call, Colorado’s delegation voted:
Yeas
DeGette
Perlmutter
Salazar
Udall
Nays
Lamborn
Musgrave
Tancredo
There is another energy boom re-emerging in Western Colorado other than oil and gas. This mineral has had a more anomalous history than any other in the region and has left a presence that will last for centuries. With the…
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