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BIDLACK | What ever happened to Trump’s best and brightest?
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They dug up the tree. The young sapling that French President Macron donated to the United States, and which he and President Trump planted during a White House lawn ceremony last week, is gone. But don’t worry, they dug it up and put it in quarantine, as they are checking to make sure that no…
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Bennet, Democratic lawmakers demand ouster of embattled EPA chief Scott Pruitt
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is among the lead sponsors of a resolution introduced Wednesday calling on Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to resign, the same day White House budget officials opened an investigation into the decision to install a $43,000 soundproof phone booth in Pruitt’s office. The measure, signed by 170 Democratic lawmakers, slams…
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Democrat Diana DeGette faces primary challenge from Saira Rao
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U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, a Denver Democrat serving her 11th term, will share the June primary ballot with challenger Saira Rao but on Friday easily won top line at the 1st Congressional District assembly. DeGette received 270 votes, or 62.6 percent, to Rao’s 161 votes, or 37.4 percent at the meeting. Because Rao had already…
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Conservation Colorado fundraising off Sen. Cory Gardner’s report card
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U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner is doing some good for Conservation Colorado, but perhaps not in the way he would like. The state’s largest environment organization sent out a fundraising e-mail Wednesday with the Republican from Yuma as its centerpiece. Here’s what the pitch from deputy director Jessica Goad said, in part: Wow. We knew Senator…
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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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Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet puts up a fight for wind, solar credits in GOP tax bill
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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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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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EPA chief’s Colorado travel questioned in CBS News report
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A privately chartered flight from Denver to Durango for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt last month was among the pricey trips by Trump administration officials called into question in a report this week by CBS News. CBS reported that Pruitt had been offered a seat on Gov. John Hickenlooper’s state airplane but declined. The…
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U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner sets Friday town hall in Grand Junction
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U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner plans to hold a town hall in Grand Junction on Friday, his office announced. The Yuma Republican plans to answer questions chosen at random from the audience at the event. The town hall is scheduled for 10-11:30 a.m. at the Robinson Theatre at Colorado Mesa University’s Moss Performing Arts Center at 1100…
