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Embattled EPA chief Scott Pruitt is out
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’
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’?
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
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…
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Denver’s ozone pollution prompts environmental policy concerns
WASHINGTON, D.C. – An Environmental Protection Agency announcement Tuesday declaring Denver to be out of compliance with federal ozone standards is being used by some Colorado political leaders and environmentalists to criticize the Trump administration. The designation means Colorado officials must put together a plan to explain how they will meet federal air quality standards.…
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How EPA’s rollback of auto mileage rule would impact Colorado
The rollback of federal auto-mileage standards – expected by the Trump administration in the coming days – could erase some of the progress being made in Colorado on cutting air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, according to analyses by environmental groups. “Having this rule yanked out from under us will send Colorado backward,” said Will…
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Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet puts up a fight for wind, solar credits in GOP tax bill
Sen. Michael Bennet is arguing that the Republican tax bill could dim the energy behind wind and solar development in states that are plugged in, such as Colorado. The Democrat from Denver signed a letter to leaders of Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee to preserve wind a solar tax credits in their…
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New climate change program lures 5 Colorado scientists to France
That giant sucking sound coming from Boulder is the sound of four leading scientists departing for Europe, among the winners of a new program intended to lure climate change experts from the United States to research laboratories in France. A fifth Coloradan, based at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, is also among the…
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Doug Benevento appointed Region 8 administrator for Environmental Protection Agency
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…