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Political battle shaping up over conflicting Colorado wilderness plans
- Colorado Independent (new window)
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2009-10-07 |
| For a decade now, Democratic U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette of Denver has been fighting an uphill battle to vastly increase the acreage of Colorado’s public lands designated as wilderness, which limits development and prohibits wheeled travel. With Democrats in control of the White House and Congress, she may actually have a realistic shot this time around. | |
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Groups call on BLM chief to suspend drilling permit practice skirting NEPA
- Colorado Independent (new window)
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2009-10-06 |
| A coalition of environmental groups is demanding the U.S. Bureau of Land Management immediately suspend use of so-called “390 categorical exclusions” for permitting oil and gas drilling operations on BLM land. | |
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Environmentalists seize moment for wilderness
- The Colorado Statesmen (new window)
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2009-10-02 |
| A small group of Colorado environmentalists — including mountaineer Aron Ralston, who became famous in 2003 for freeing himself by using a dull pocketknife to sever his arm after it became trapped under a fallen boulder during a backcountry hike — called for more protection of Colorado land during an event in Denver Tuesday morning. | |
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Aron Ralston joins wilderness push
- Denver Post (new window)
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2009-09-29 |
| A mountaineer renowned for amputating his own arm after it was pinned by a half-ton boulder is joining outdoors enthusiasts calling for more land to be protected. Aron Ralston is with the Colorado Wilderness Network on Tuesday to call for more lands to be federally designated as wilderness areas. The areas are in the San Juan Mountains, the White River National Forest region and a northwest Colorado parcel that includes Browns Canyon. | |
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Obama nominates Colorado official to Forest Service post
- Grand Junction Daily Sentinel (new window)
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2009-09-11 |
| A man at the center of natural resource debates in Colorado may soon get the chance to help lead such debates at the national level. President Obama has decided to nominate Harris Sherman, executive director of Colorado’s Department of Natural Resources, to serve as the U.S. Department of Agriculture undersecretary for natural resources and environment. He would oversee the Forest Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service. | |
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Congressional groups aim to make Colorado more wild
- Denver Post (new window)
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2009-09-06 |
| Members of Colorado's congressional delegation are gearing up to seek protection for thousands of acres of pristine wilderness, part of 1.9 million acres in the state that environmental groups are trying to place under the strictest federal protection. A suite of parcels proposed by environmentalists for protection would expand Colorado's current wilderness (3.7 million acres, 3 percent of the state) by 50 percent. The designation bars motorized vehicles and other mechanized activity except in emergencies. | |
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Congressional groups aim to make Colorado more wild
- Denver Post (new window)
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2009-09-06 |
| Members of Colorado's congressional delegation are gearing up to seek protection for thousands of acres of pristine wilderness, part of 1.9 million acres in the state that environmental groups are trying to place under the strictest federal protection. A suite of parcels proposed by environmentalists for protection would expand Colorado's current wilderness (3.7 million acres, 3 percent of the state) by 50 percent. The designation bars motorized vehicles and other mechanized activity except in emergencies. | |
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New frac'ing law aimed at greater 'transparency'
- Glennwood Springs Independent (new window)
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2009-06-18 |
| Oil and gas industry officials say that proposed new federal legislation, aimed at requiring gas drilling companies to reveal the chemicals used in what is known as “frac'ing” or hydraulic fracturing, is not needed because there already are state regulations that cover the matter. But opponents say the state's rules are inadequate, and are supporting the legislation, recently introduced by U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette, Jared Polis, both Colorado Democrats, and two eastern legislators. | |
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| 2009-06-10 | |
| Ron Milhorn of KMTS interviews Environment Colorado's Matt Garrington on the Fracking Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act sponsored by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette and U.S. Rep. Jared Polis. | |
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Flammable Tap Water Ignites Concern Near Hudson
- KGMH 7 News (new window)
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2009-03-23 |
| Weld County resident Renee McClure said she couldn't believe it when her son turned on the kitchen faucet then held a cigarette lighter next to the running water. The water ignited. | |
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Roadless decision expected before new administration
- KUNC 91.5 fm (new window)
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2008-12-02 |
| The Bush Administration is currently revising a proposed Roadless Rule governing millions of acres of previously protected national forest land in Colorado. | |
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Colorado oil, gas rules attract hundreds for public hearing
- Greeley Tribune (new window)
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2008-06-24 |
| Coverage on a week of hearings on proposed changes to Colorado's oil and gas regulations. | |
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Enviros to sue BLM over Roan
- Grand Junction Daily Sentinel (new window)
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2008-06-16 |
| In what environmental groups are calling “a last resort†move, a coalition said Monday it plans to sue the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to try to prevent the agency from proceeding with plans to lease the Roan Plateau near Rifle for oil and gas development. | |
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Uranium isn't worth the gamble
- Greeley Tribune (new window)
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2008-05-02 |
| 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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2008-04-02 |
| 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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Staking claims for mines to begin soon
- Fairplay Flume (new window)
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2008-03-14 |
| 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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A radioactive rush: Uranium boom continues to slam Southwest Colorado
- Durango Telegraph (new window)
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2008-03-06 |
| 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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Can the Energy and Recreation Industries Find Common Ground?
- Telluride Watch (new window)
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2008-02-04 |
| 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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2006-01-20 |
| Editorial on the value of Colorado's National Forests. | |
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