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Colorado moms applaud Pope’s climate-change stance

Pope Francis released an encyclical today today warning of the environmental, social and moral consequences of climate change — saying that countries with resources have...

Hickenlooper seeks to cool heated reaction spurred by proposed air-quality rules

DENVER -- Draft regulations written by an Air Quality Commission appointed by Governor John Hickenlooper and meant to address Colorado's spiking ozone levels were met with a wave of disappointment and anger among environmentalists, medical groups, small businesses and residents who have been engaged with the commission for nearly a year.

VIDEO: Moms of ‘Gas Patch Kids’ press Hickenlooper on air-quality regs

A handful of mothers from towns sited in the Northern Front Range drilling fields delivered a petition signed by 8,000 to Gov. Hickenlooper's office asking him to push for tighter air-quality regulations than the draft versions released to the public last week.