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Uranium isn't worth the gamble
- Greeley Tribune (new window)
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5/2/2008 |
| Environment Colorado's Field Director Matt Garrington and CD4 District Leader Angie Blattner write on uranium impacts in northern Colorado and the need to reform the federal 1872 mining law. | |
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Mining bill has essential protections
- Fort Collins Coloradoan (new window)
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4/2/2008 |
| Colorado lawmakers appear to have been listening to residents' concerns as the prospect of renewed uranium mining becomes more real in the state. | |
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A radioactive rush: Uranium boom continues to slam Southwest Colorado
- Durango Telegraph (new window)
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3/6/2008 |
| Uranium is showing no sign of cooling down in Southwest Colorado. A second boom is now in full swing in the region, courtesy of high prices for the radioactive ore along with a Department of Energy decision last summer that opens 27,000 acres on the Western Slope to uranium mining. On Feb. 21, the House Agriculture, Livestock and Natural Resources Committee overwhelmingly passed a bill to prevent unsafe uranium mining. | |
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Staking claims for mines to begin soon
- Fairplay Flume (new window)
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3/14/2008 |
| Staking for proposed uranium mines in a 4,000-acre area of land northeast of Hartsel will begin at the end of March and could last as long as a week. | |
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Can the Energy and Recreation Industries Find Common Ground?
- Telluride Watch (new window)
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2/4/2008 |
| Matt Garrington of Environment Colorado said Colorado is unprepared for the uranium mining boom that is coming to the state. He noted published reports that uranium claims jumped from 120 in 2003 to more than 2,000 four years later and that the Dolores River Canyon already is being impacted by uranium mining.” “We want to ensure that we do it right,” Garrington said. “We have a lot of other uses on private and public lands that we need to balance uranium mining with. We have a $10 billion outdoor recreation economy here in Colorado and that’s something that’s worth protecting.” | |
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There's room for many uses in national forests
- Denver Post
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1/20/2006 |
| Editorial on the value of Colorado's National Forests. | |
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