Author: Dan Elliott, Associated Press
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EPA taking 1st big steps to clean up leaking Colorado mines
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will take the first major steps this summer to clean up wastewater flowing from dozens of old mines at a Superfund site in southwestern Colorado, officials said Thursday. The work includes dredging contaminated sediment from streams and ponds, diverting water away from tainted mine waste piles and covering contaminated soil…
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Colorado activists call for pause in new oil, gas drilling
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Environmentalists and community activists asked Colorado regulators on Wednesday to stop issuing new oil and gas drilling permits until they rewrite the rules under a new law that makes public safety and the environment the state’s top priorities. Just a month after the law took effect, some activists told the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation…
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Opponents of new Colorado oil & gas law won’t try for repeal this year
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Opponents of a new Colorado oil and gas law that puts public safety ahead of production said Thursday that they will not attempt to overturn it this year, but they may try in 2020. They had planned to ask voters in November 2019 to repeal and replace Senate Bill 181, but last week the Colorado…
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Columbine families gather to tell stories nearly 20 years on (GALLERY)
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JEFFERSON COUNTY — Families of the Columbine High School shooting victims gathered at the school on Saturday to tell their stories nearly 20 years after the tragedy, and they spoke of forgiveness, inclusion and healing, and the balm that sometimes only silence can bring. It was on April 20, 1999, that two Columbine students gunned…
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Contested oil wells in Broomfield clear major hurdle
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A fiercely contested oil and gas project in a residential neighborhood outside Denver cleared a major hurdle Tuesday when state regulators approved a request by an energy company to drill for reserves that belong to dozens of people, including some who don’t want to participate. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission voted 5-1 to…
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After 3-decade battle, developer gets OK for road on public land at Colorado ski area
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The U.S. Forest Service has approved construction of a road across public land to reach private property where a developer plans to build condos and restaurants at a remote Colorado ski area. Wednesday’s decision was the latest milestone in a three-decade battle between the developer and environmentalists over the proposed Village at Wolf Creek in…
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With Democrats in charge, Colorado now backs clean air rule
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Colorado’s new attorney general said Wednesday the state will withdraw from a lawsuit challenging one of the Obama administration’s biggest climate change initiatives. Democrat Phil Weiser’s announcement signaled a reversal from his predecessor, Republican Cynthia Coffman, who signed Colorado on to a multistate lawsuit seeking to roll back the Clean Power Plan. “Instead, we’ll be…
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Colorado Supreme Court court asked to reconsider ruling in oil-gas case
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The Colorado Supreme Court has been asked to reconsider its decision in an oil and gas lawsuit filed by Hispanic and Native American plaintiffs because a disciplinary panel found that a lower court judge who had a role in the case used a racial slur. The request Thursday asks the court to revisit its Jan.…
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US Air Force set to launch 1st next-generation GPS satellite, built in Colorado
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UPDATE, 12/18: The launch of a new GPS satellite has been postponed for one day because of an unspecified problem with the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that will put the satellite in orbit. After months of delays, the U.S. Air Force is about to launch the first of a new generation of Colorado-built Global Positioning…
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Boulder conference topic: Is climate change making hailstorms worse?
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BOULDER – Hailstorms inflict billions of dollars in damage yearly in North America alone, and the cost will rise as the growing population builds more homes, offices and factories, climate and weather experts said Tuesday. A May 2017 hailstorm in the Denver area caused $2.3 billion in insurance losses. Last week, hail injured 14 people…
