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LOMAX: Hardline groups use hardball tactics to vilify, manipulate state oil and gas regulators
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The interview was unusually candid. Quite possibly, the interview subject – one of the nation’s top environmental activists – forgot he was on the record. “New injunctions … and new bad press take a terrible toll on agency morale,” he said, describing his group’s legal and political tactics against environmental regulators. “They feel like their…
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Fossil fuel divestment movement looks to DU after hitting dry spell in Colorado
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The fossil fuel divestment movement may be losing steam in Colorado, but activists are hoping to reverse the slide by convincing the University of Denver to sell off its investments in coal, oil and natural gas. The University of Denver Board of Trustees is scheduled to consider at its Jan. 20 meeting a report from…
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? Enviros to Clinton: Hickenlooper unfit for interior secretary
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Eleven environmental groups are out to get Gov. John Hickenlooper, or at least to keep him from getting a hypothetical high-level cabinet position in a Hillary Clinton White House. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper‘s actions regarding oil and natural gas development make him unfit to serve as interior secretary, said environmental groups opposing his possible appointment to…
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For first time in nearly 40 years, CU Board of Regents’ future hangs in balance
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The year was 1979. The Eagles’ top song “The Long Run” was a hit on the radio. The Denver Broncos finished second in the AFC West Championship under coach Red Miller. And it was the last year that Democrats held a majority on the University of Colorado Board of Regents. The Eagles were right: it…
