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Report: Texas town offers cautionary tale on oil and gas drilling emissions
Based on the experiences of one small town in Texas, residents of the Colorado Western Slope community of Battlement Mesa are right to be...
The Penry payoff: One-time rival may be tapped as McInnis running mate
Why was Senate Minroty Leader Josh Penry acting like he was still running for governor last week, using a legislative preview event almost strictly...
BLM OKs nearly 80 new gas wells near Project Rulison nuclear blast site
Noble Energy’s plans to drill nearly 80 natural gas wells within three miles of the Project Rulison underground nuclear blast site in Garfield County...
The business of America is finance and bankers bow to no man!
Pres. Obama called that meeting a week ago to scold the captains of the finance industry. The captains called the president to say that,...
U.S. abortion politics: Senate Bill would pay teens to have babies
Blogger Smintheus writing at Unbossed.com throws light on a new twist in the effort to write passable health reform legislation. Senate Dems, concerned that...
Spin Watch: Colo. personhood initiative would have major consequences
The Colorado Personhood ballot initiative would be something altogether new. The initiative is about more than merely outlawing abortion. According to Crystal Clinkbeard, communications...
The hard bargains and steep costs of passing health reform
Unveiling a modified health reform bill on Saturday, Senate Democratic leaders appear to have cobbled together the 60 votes they’ll need to pass the most expansive overhaul to the nation’s health care system in generations. But winning that support comes at a steep cost.
GOP Defense Secretary Gates is fed up with the Party of No
Spencer Ackerman at the Washington Independent reports that Senate Republicans are trying to hold the Defense appropriations bill hostage in their efforts to kill...
Stimulus grant brings broadband to rural Colorado
As high-speed broadband service has increasingly become a key utility in America, residents in many of Colorado's rural communities are finding that they simply...
Report: EPA permit would allow Powertech to contaminate aquifer with proposed uranium mine near...
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...