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Report: Colorado’s Gardner stars in ‘most anti-environment House’ in U.S. history

U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., is among the legislative antagonists singled out in a new report (pdf) detailing the first session of what it calls “the most anti-environment House in the history of Congress.”

DeGette to float ‘fracking’ amendment to Safe Drinking Water Act legislation

Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette Wednesday will introduce an amendment calling for full disclosure of hydraulic fracturing fluids to a bill introduced earlier this month...

National security hawks to rally support for Clean Energy Act

A group of national-security hawks who view the Clean Energy Act as critical to shoring up national defense say they're determined not to allow the legislation to be pigeonholed as strictly environmental law. They say they're taking their message across the country to voting districts where constituents rate national security a high priority but where there remains significant opposition to the act — and Colorado could be ground zero for the campaign.