air pollution
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Letter: State must take climate action into its own hands
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Editor: In the wake of President Donald Trump’s nominations of climate-deniers like Scott Pruitt to cabinet positions, it is imperative that state leaders take climate action into their own hands through the implementation of programs in line with the goals of the Clean Power Plan, which calls for a 30 percent reduction in carbon emissions from…
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? Smith: Next steps in Latin America: A role for the US and Colorado
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In a stunning setback for Juan Manuel Santos, the president of Colombia, Colombian voters narrowly defeated a referendum to approve a treaty between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Oct. 2. The margin of votes was 53,893 out of 12,808, 858 counted so it was a razor-thin loss. The leader of…
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Hickenlooper may ask for one-third cut in CO2 pollution
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Colorado’s Democratic governor may ask for a one-third cut in greenhouse gas pollution from power plants, even though the federal Clean Power Plan is stalled and Republicans in the state are resisting. Gov. John Hickenlooper’s office has drafted a proposed executive order directing state agencies to work on ways to cut carbon dioxide emissions from power…