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EPA wrestles with how to regulate toxic chemicals in Colorado aquifer
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The acronyms read like a helping of toxic alphabet soup: PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, PFHpA. They number in the thousands – each representing a different compound with the same chemical foundation as those contaminating the aquifer beneath the El Paso County towns of Security, Widefield and Fountain, near Colorado Springs. But as the number of those…
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EPA seeks dismissal of Gold King Mine spill lawsuit
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is asking a federal court in New Mexico to toss out a lawsuit over a mine waste spill in Colorado that polluted rivers in three states.The agency said in a motion this week that workers are already working on the cleanup of the accidental release of contaminated…
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Andrew Wheeler aims to complete Trump’s deregulatory agenda at EPA
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Andrew Wheeler, acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, has a lot of work ahead of him to complete the deregulatory agenda started by his recently departed predecessor, Scott Pruitt. Wheeler says he’s ready to make a lasting impact, whether or not he is confirmed as EPA’s permanent leader. “Of course we are absolutely implementing…
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THE PODIUM | Litigation, studies won’t clean up the Animas River
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As the third anniversary of the EPA-caused Gold King mine disaster approaches, real question exists as to whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency can overcome an inherent conflict of interest and properly manage the Bonita Peak Mining District Superfund Site to improve water quality in the Animas River. The EPA could demonstrate such capability by…
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EPA accelerates cleanup of Pueblo Superfund neighborhoods
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PUEBLO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will accelerate the cleanup of three Pueblo neighborhoods that were contaminated by a smelter.The agency said Friday it will increase funding for the Colorado Smelter Superfund site to as much as $15 million a year, more than twice the current amount. EPA says that means the…
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EPA’s new leader lobbied for Colo. uranium company on shrinking Bears Ears
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The man who will replace Scott Pruitt at the helm of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – at least temporarily – is a former lobbyist who represented a Colorado uranium company. Andrew Wheeler was narrowly confirmed by the Senate as EPA’s deputy administrator in April despite opposition from environmentalists and most Senate Democrats. He will…
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Embattled EPA chief Scott Pruitt is out
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Scott Pruitt stepped down as head of the Environmental Protection Agency Thursday after a series of controversies that overshadowed his year of leading President Trump’s anti-regulation, pro-growth agenda. “I have accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency,” Trump tweeted Thursday. “Within the Agency Scott has done an outstanding…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Bullock tells Montana contractors to report ‘dark money’
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Montana Bullock tells Montana contractors to report ‘dark money’ spending HELENA, Montana – Montana Gov. Steve Bullock signed a first-of-its-kind executive order last week to require many state government contractors to report their political contributions, even those to so-called “dark money” groups that don’t have to disclose donors under federal law. Bullock said the measure…
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COVER STORY: Mining cleanups under Trump: A speedup or just ‘sound and fury’?
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MINTURN – In the 1980s, as Vail was gaining international notoriety as a global ski destination and Beaver Creek was struggling through its formative years, there was a dirty little secret in the river flowing between the two resorts – a fish-killing mix of arsenic, zinc, cadmium, lead and copper causing the Eagle River to…
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DeGette questions EPA chief Scott Pruitt’s ethics and honesty
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U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette of Denver is one of four top congressional Democrats who signed a letter calling on EPA Secretary Scott Pruitt to account for his ties to a lobbyist and his truthfulness about his ethics. “Despite your earlier claims that J. Steven Hart had no clients with business before EPA, it is now…
