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Written by BURT HUBBARD, Greenwire/Denver Post
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Monday, 28 June 2010 |
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Some 5.2 million gallons of drilling liquids and oil have spilled in Colorado over the past two-and-a-half years, ranging from leaks from half-closed valves to spills of thousands of barrels of tainted water.
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Written by JASON BLEVINS, Denver Post
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Monday, 28 June 2010 |
 More than 50 locals are erupting — emotions are high as they pepper their county commissioners with questions and concerns about a proposed nearby uranium mill that not only would fuel the national push for alternative energy, but could resuscitate neighboring towns. Read more...
Powertech hopes to mine uranium in Nunn, a small northern Colorado town. But residents are rallying against mining in their community, citing environmental concerns.
Listen to the story on KUNC.
7/14/10 UPDATE: Groups on either side of proposed uranium-mining operations in Colorado this week will present their ideas about how companies should conduct themselves if they use water and chemicals to extract the ore. Read more...
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Written by JOHN SCHWARTZ, New York Times (Greenwire)
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Friday, 25 June 2010 |
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BP PLC has put its partners on notice that they are expected to help pay to clean up the Deepwater Horizon oil spill -- and those partners are already fighting back.
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Written by JENNIFER KOONS, Greenwire
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Friday, 25 June 2010 |
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The leading advocate on environmental issues before the Supreme Court will manage the bipartisan commission charged with investigating the causes and effects of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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Written by JENNIFER KOONS, Greenwire
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Friday, 25 June 2010 |
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A coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit today, arguing that the nation's first proposed offshore wind farm violates the Endangered Species Act.
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Written by DALE RODEBAUGH, Durango Herald News
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Thursday, 24 June 2010 |
Eighteen scientists and graduate students, including representatives from Japan and China, met in Silverton to share their research on the effects of airborne dust and soot on mountain and polar snow and ice.
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Written by AMY JOI O'DONOGHUE, Deseret News
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Thursday, 24 June 2010 |
The Utah Cattlemen's Association and Utah Wool Growers Association are among more than two dozen groups across the country supporting legislation unveiled Wednesday that would limit the president's power related to new national monument designations.
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Written by MIKE RILEY, Denver Post
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Thursday, 24 June 2010 |
Three days into his new job, the man President Barack Obama chose to clean up the Minerals Management Service announced Wednesday that he would create an investigative "SWAT team" to scour the agency and root out corruption and conflict of interest.
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Written by KEVIN McCULLEN, Tri-City Herald
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Thursday, 24 June 2010 |
Modifications to dams and habitat restoration in tributaries are part of a comprehensive three-year, $525 million federal plan released Wednesday to protect endangered Columbia and Snake River fish.
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Written by JOE HANEL, Durango Herald News
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Wednesday, 23 June 2010 |
Environmental groups filed an appeal Tuesday in an attempt to block drilling in the HD Mountains.
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Written by JUDY FAHYS, Salt Lake Tribune
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Wednesday, 23 June 2010 |
Toxic chemicals from the Red Butte Creek oil spill had both immediate and lingering impacts on aquatic wildlife, the Utah Division of Water Quality said Tuesday.
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Written by CHARLIE SAVAGE, New York Times
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Wednesday, 23 June 2010 |
A federal judge in New Orleans on Tuesday blocked a six-month moratorium on deep-water drilling projects that the Obama administration imposed after the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The White House swiftly vowed to appeal the ruling.
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Written by DENNIS WEBB, Grand Junction Sentinel
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Wednesday, 23 June 2010 |
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is recommending Endangered Species Act protection for three western Colorado wildflowers, two of which it says are threatened by energy development.
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Written by MATT JOYCE, Casper Star-Tribune
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Wednesday, 23 June 2010 |
Wyoming taxes on the wind energy industry would be the highest among Rocky Mountain states if all of Wyoming's pending taxes take effect, according to a new analysis by an industry group.
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Written by Meg Ambrose
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Tuesday, 22 June 2010 |
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Photo by Don J. Usner
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Management of the Valles Caldera National Preserve would be transferred to the National Park Service under legislation by New Mexico's senators. Read more...
Valles Caldera Bill a Step Forward. Opinion here.
A Step Backward: the Valles Caldera National Park. Opinion here.
Valles Caldera bill good idea, tough sell. Opinion here.
Read about the Valles Caldera Trust on the RLCH stories index page.
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Written by Deseret News
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Tuesday, 22 June 2010 |
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A rare Utah minnow will have to wait if it's going to get a spot on the endangered species list.
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Written by BLAIR KOCH, Twin Falls Times-News
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Tuesday, 22 June 2010 |
For at least the past five years the Simplot Cattle Feeding Company’s Grand View feedlot has been found by the Environmental Protection Agency to be discharging contaminated water into the Ted Trueblood Wildlife Refuge and Snake River.
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Written by MATT HAGENGRUBER, Billings Gazette
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Tuesday, 22 June 2010 |
Local officials declared an emergency Monday and began the long process of cleaning up around MetraPark, but the fate of the Rimrock Auto Arena, severely damaged by a tornado on Sunday, is still unknown.
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Written by OFELIA MADRID, GLEN CRENO and LISA HALVERSTADT, Arizona Republic
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Tuesday, 22 June 2010 |
Hundreds of firefighters Monday battled a raging Flagstaff-area blaze that had doubled to 10,000 acres by late in the day.
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Written by BRODER/HARRIS, New York Times/Greenwire
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Monday, 21 June 2010 |
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