Author: Dan Elliott, The Associated Press
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Colorado lawmakers start on contentious oil, gas overhaul
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Colorado’s Democratic-controlled Legislature is scheduled to take the first step Tuesday toward a major overhaul of state oil and gas regulations, despite objections from Republicans and industry representatives who say the changes are being rushed through. The Senate Transportation and Energy Committee plans to hold the first hearing on a bill that would dramatically shift…
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Gold company says EPA is mishandling Colorado mining cleanup
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A gold company said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is mismanaging the Superfund cleanup of nearly 50 old mining sites in southwestern Colorado and should be removed as the agency in charge. Sunnyside Gold Corp., which owns mining property in the Bonita Peak Superfund district, made the complaint Monday in a letter to the EPA.…
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Activists want details on inquiry into Colorado’s Rocky Flats nuclear-weapons plant
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Activists asked a U.S. judge Thursday to make documents public from a 27-year-old criminal investigation into Rocky Flats, a former nuclear weapons plant outside Denver with a history of fires, leaks and spills. The activists said the documents could show whether the federal government did enough to clean up the site before turning part of…
