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IN RESPONSE: Denver council members way off base in claims about EPA
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A recent article posted on the Colorado Politics website entitled, “Denver Superfund sites, environmental protections, threatened under EPA budget cuts, city councilwomen say,” attributes to two Denver City Council members the assertion that, ” … proposed budget trimming would threaten cleanup and maintenance of several hazardous waste Superfund sites in Denver.” This claim is inaccurate…
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Doug Benevento appointed Region 8 administrator for Environmental Protection Agency
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President Donald Trump appointed Doug Benevento as Environment Protection Agency administrator for Region 8, which includes Colorado and five other western states. The former chief of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is currently an executive at Xcel Energy and was an elected member of the Douglas County School Board until he resigned that…
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Colorado EPA office: In transition, clean up and emergency work unaffected
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“There has been a pause on certain agency programs, but Superfund actions and emergency response will continue as normal,” said Andrew Mutter, deputy director at the Denver-based Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 Office of Communication and Public Involvement. The information comes more than a day after news reports broke on a freeze put in place…
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Trump EPA freeze so far leaves Colorado officials guessing
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Story updated: 1/25/17, 11:52 a.m. Correction: This story has been updated to reflect that Jeff Hart was manager for the U.S. Regional Office of Inspector General in Denver for nearly 20 years and was comptroller and planning director with the EPA for 2 years following. Leaked Trump administration orders to freeze outside spending and employee public…
