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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet to hold town halls in Greeley, Sterling next week

Aug 4, 2017

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Ernest Luning

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet has scheduled two hour-long town halls in Greeley and Sterling in Northeastern Colorado next week, his office announced. The Denver Democrat plans to answer questions chosen at random from the audience at the events. The Greeley town hall is scheduled for 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday at the UNC University Center…
EPA chief Scott Pruitt tells Colorado ag producers a better rule is coming

Aug 4, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Environmental Protection Agency leader Scott Pruitt was among friends in Colorado Thursday, a guest of the Colorado Livestock Association at a ranch south of Last Chance. The EPA held a meeting at the same Colorado location two years ago as the agency finalized the Waters of the U.S. rule, despised across much of rural America…
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt expected to tour Gold King Mine spill site near Durango on Friday

Aug 2, 2017

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Peter Marcus

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is expected to tour the Gold King Mine spill site near Durango on Friday, Colorado Politics has learned. U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, a Republican, is expected to join Pruitt, according to sources, who were unable to speak on the record as the event has not yet been made public. Gov. John…
EPA taking comments on Obama-era water rule repeal

Jul 28, 2017

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Peter Marcus

The Environmental Protection Agency this week formally launched its effort to rescind regulations over certain bodies of water. The agency is allowing the public to comment on the controversial proposal to repeal the Obama-era rule, which clarifies regulatory authority under the Clean Water Act to protect streams and wetlands. The Obama administration took action on…
Colorado Republicans cheer while environmentalists fear repeal of water rule

Jun 28, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Members of Colorado’s congressional delegation and the Trump administration are taking steps to roll back the federal government’s reach over bodies of water across the country. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said this week that the administration will repeal the so-called Waters of the United States rule, or WOTUS. The rule, enacted under the Obama administration, clarifies…
WOTUS rewrite to align with Scalia opinion, seek feedback from Colorado

May 31, 2017

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Adam McCoy, special to Colorado Politics

Federal environmental regulators are seeking “input and wisdom” from Colorado as they begin the process of rewriting a Barack Obama-era water protection rule known as WOTUS, which the White House says it now wants aligned with a Supreme Court opinion on water rights from the late Justice Antonin Scalia. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under Scott…
Popovich: Energy Department right to study impact of regulations on U.S. power grid

May 26, 2017

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Luke Popovich

Energy Secretary Rick Perry hit a raw nerve in Washington recently when he announced his department will undertake a study of the possible impact that federal regulations have had on U.S. electric grid reliability. Essentially, the Department of Energy will look at “critical issues central to protecting the long-term reliability of the electric grid.” The…
Generation Latino thinks it’s a shame that clean air can’t rise above partisanship

Apr 21, 2017

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Joey Bunch

The American Lung Association’s State of Air Report this week said the Denver-Aurora area and Fort Collins still have some of the worst air in the country. Generation Latino thinks ozone should rise above politics. Though the numbers are improving, Denver still ranks 11th for the worst ozone pollution in the country, and Fort Collins is…
Losses from Colorado mine spill may be less than feared

Apr 4, 2017

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Dan Elliott

Economic damage from a Colorado mine waste spill caused by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency might be far less than originally feared after attorneys drastically reduced some of the larger claims, The Associated Press has learned. Farmers, business owners, residents and others initially said they suffered $1.2 billion in lost income, property damage and personal…
Ray Scott fires back at Hickenlooper on climate order: ‘The era of EPA overreach has ended’

Mar 31, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Assistant Senate Majority Leader Ray Scott, a Grand Junction Republican, swung hard at Gov. John Hickenlooper this week, criticizing the Democrat’s embrace of a “clean energy future” for Colorado in the face of President Donald Trump’s move to halt federal efforts to combat climate change. “Many Coloradans are dismayed and perplexed by the governor’s Tuesday…