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Colo. reported nearly 1,000 spills in 2 1/2 years PDF Print E-mail
Written by BURT HUBBARD, Greenwire/Denver Post   
Monday, 28 June 2010
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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Plans for Colorado's new-energy economy get tangled in "green tape" PDF Print E-mail
Written by JASON BLEVINS, Denver Post   
Monday, 28 June 2010
underground_uranium_mining.gifMore 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...
 
Who will pick up the tab for cleanup? PDF Print E-mail
Written by JOHN SCHWARTZ, New York Times (Greenwire)   
Friday, 25 June 2010
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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'Star of Supreme Court bar' will direct investigative panel PDF Print E-mail
Written by JENNIFER KOONS, Greenwire   
Friday, 25 June 2010
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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Endangered-species advocates file lawsuit against Cape Wind PDF Print E-mail
Written by JENNIFER KOONS, Greenwire   
Friday, 25 June 2010
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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Researchers study dust's effect on snow in Colorado PDF Print E-mail
Written by DALE RODEBAUGH, Durango Herald News   
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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Utah groups throw support behind monuments bill PDF Print E-mail
Written by AMY JOI O'DONOGHUE, Deseret News   
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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Top oil-rig regulator plans "SWAT team" to root out agency's corruption PDF Print E-mail
Written by MIKE RILEY, Denver Post   
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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$525 million plan aims to protect Columbia, Snake River fish PDF Print E-mail
Written by KEVIN McCULLEN, Tri-City Herald   
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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Environmental groups appeal drilling lawsuit PDF Print E-mail
Written by JOE HANEL, Durango Herald News   
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
Environmental groups filed an appeal Tuesday in an attempt to block drilling in the HD Mountains.

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Utah oil spill had 'significant' impact on aquatic life PDF Print E-mail
Written by JUDY FAHYS, Salt Lake Tribune   
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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Federal judge tosses deepwater drilling moratorium PDF Print E-mail
Written by CHARLIE SAVAGE, New York Times   
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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USFWS recommends 3 Colorado wildflowers get federal protection PDF Print E-mail
Written by DENNIS WEBB, Grand Junction Sentinel   
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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Wind industry: Wyoming's taxes highest in the West PDF Print E-mail
Written by MATT JOYCE, Casper Star-Tribune   
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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Bill would move Valles Caldera to Park Service PDF Print E-mail
Written by Meg Ambrose   
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
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 A hiker overlooking the valley
Photo by Don J. Usner
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.
 
USFWS declines to put Utah minnow on endangered list PDF Print E-mail
Written by Deseret News   
Tuesday, 22 June 2010

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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EPA issues 'no discharge' order on Idaho feedlot PDF Print E-mail
Written by BLAIR KOCH, Twin Falls Times-News   
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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Montana governor declares Billings, Yellowstone Co. disaster areas PDF Print E-mail
Written by MATT HAGENGRUBER, Billings Gazette   
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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Arizona wildfire now at 10,000 acres PDF Print E-mail
Written by OFELIA MADRID, GLEN CRENO and LISA HALVERSTADT, Arizona Republic   
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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White House keeps a close eye on Salazar's reforms PDF Print E-mail
Written by BRODER/HARRIS, New York Times/Greenwire   
Monday, 21 June 2010
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who was initially the public face of the Obama administration's response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, has taken a back seat to other top officials such as Energy Secretary Steven Chu and climate adviser Carol Browner.
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