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Pew ad signed by Redford, Norton calls on Obama to extend Grand Canyon mining ban

By | 06.08.11 | 2:38 pm

A new ad from the Pew Environment Group taglined “Don’t Undermine the Grand Canyon” calls on President Barack Obama to extend a one-million-acre mining ban around Grand Canyon National Park for the next 20 years.

Ritter, Bennet pull down the white-teeth-flowing-hair constituency

By | 12.28.09 | 3:30 pm

‘Tis the season for year-end campaign donation drives and candidates are pulling out the big guns. Robert Redford sent out a note on behalf of Gov. Bill Ritter today and the Robert Redford of Colorado politics, former U.S. senator and…

Judge rejects global-warming defense in Utah BLM auction-fraud case

By | 11.17.09 | 9:38 am

Tim DeChristopher, a University of Utah student who last December allegedly won 13 Bureau of Land Management oil and gas leases for $1.7 million he never intended to pay, came up with a unique defense in U.S. District in Salt…

Salazar bans drilling near Canyonlands, Arches national parks in Utah

By | 10.09.09 | 11:04 am

A last-minute Bush administration bid to allow oil and gas drilling on nearly 8,000 acres of public land near Arches and Canyonlands national parks in southeastern Utah was permanently blocked by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Thursday, much to the relief…

Democratic leaders and Redford gather in Denver

By | 08.13.09 | 2:30 pm

Project New West is hosting a summit through Friday designed to provide leaders with tools to better reach voters in the West. The two-year-old company explains its mission as providing “subscribers with a roadmap to understand the political, demographic, and…