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San Juan Wilderness Act reaches committee

By | 03.27.12 | 8:14 am

A plan to protect more than 60,000 acres in southwestern Colorado reached the Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee last week where U.S. Sen. Mark Udall emphasized how public lands can be a boon to the economy

The San Miguel River (BLM).

DOE gets an earful on uranium mine leasing program near Telluride, Montrose

By | 08.17.11 | 8:45 am

Depends where you were last week when the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) took feedback on its uranium mine leasing program in southwest Colorado. In some places like Telluride, according to media reports, the feds met with stiff resistance. Others, like Montrose, the reaction was more mixed.

The scenic Paradox Valley would be home to a new uranium mill if Toronto-based Energy Fuels prevails against a pending legal challenge.

Uranium mill opponents blast rosy new economic report on nuclear power

By | 07.18.11 | 2:14 pm

A Canadian company hoping to revive the long-dormant uranium mining hotbed of southwestern Colorado is touting an economic report prepared for Montrose County showing world uranium demand is expected to double in coming year, according to the Telluride Daily Planet.

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Ranked voting will be on the ballot in Fort Collins

By | 02.18.11 | 10:08 am

Advocates from across the political spectrum officially launched a campaign this week to radically change how Fort Collins elects city officials.

Gold, silver mining plan makes Ouray County commissioners nervous

By | 01.15.10 | 9:39 am

Ouray County commissioners are wary of a plan to conduct exploratory gold and silver drilling in one of the most scenic areas of Colorado – Yankee Boy Basin near both the San Juan Mountain towns of Telluride and Ouray.

State to begin uranium mill review despite lack of enviro feedback

By | 12.22.09 | 9:32 am

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment late last week deemed complete a uranium mill application by Ontario-based Energy Fuels, starting what will be up to a year-long review. An environmental group suing to stop the Montrose County proposal…

Ex-eBay CEO Whitman called a lib in sheep’s clothing for Telluride land grab

By | 11.23.09 | 12:38 pm

Telluride second-home owner and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman is having her conservative street cred questioned for doing something that’s apparently a big no-no in the No-Bama GOP of 2009: Whitman gave money to environmental causes.

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Montrose County faces divisive uranium mill permit decision

By | 09.30.09 | 8:01 am

MONTROSE — Actress and environmental activist Daryl Hannah says all the heated rhetoric over who should have the most say about the proposed Piñon Ridge uranium mill — western Montrose County mining families or affluent residents of Telluride and surrounding San Miguel County — is a moot point to Mother Earth. “These boundaries and these borders are manmade, but the air and the water and the soil and the wildlife don’t really recognize those boundaries,” she said in an interview with The Colorado Independent.

Montrose County commissioners on Wednesday will consider a plan to revive the area’s long-dormant uranium industry.

Proposed uranium mill deeply divides southwestern Colorado communities

By | 09.10.09 | 7:52 am

MONTROSE — Montrose County commissioners delayed a decision on a controversial uranium mill proposal Wednesday after nearly six hours of public testimony that underscored deep divisions between longtime mining families and residents of neighboring Telluride and San Miguel County.

Nunn uranium mine could adversely impact groundwater, expert says

By | 08.19.09 | 9:41 am

Colorado has uranium on the brain these days.

An environmental engineer and lecturer brought in by conservationists told an audience in Fort Collins Tuesday they should be concerned about the deterioration of their water quality if a proposed uranium mine…