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Colorado official requests immunity for environmentalists cleaning up mines
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WASHINGTON – A Colorado Department of Natural Resources representative told Congress Thursday that the federal government needs to grant immunity from liability to groups that try to clean up abandoned mines before their hazards can realistically be eliminated. About 23,000 mines – many of them abandoned – dot Colorado’s landscape, said Jeff Graves, who oversees…
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Drone blamed for spooking horse that injured 3 in Colorado
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A low-flying drone was blamed for spooking a horse that injured three people during a winter race in southwest Colorado. The accident happened Saturday at a skijoring race in Silverton that features horses pulling cross-country skiers through gates and jumps. A horse darted into the crowd near the starting line when the drone appeared, The…
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Colorado town on verge of big changes amid Superfund cleanup
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A historic Colorado mountain town is on the threshold of a transformation after the federal government announced it will embark on an ambitious campaign to stanch the flow of acidic wastewater cascading from abandoned mines. The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday designated an area north of Silverton as a Superfund site, clearing the way for a multimillion-dollar…
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Silverton takes a breather a year after huge mine spill
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A year after a mine waste spill turned their river a weird yellow-orange, residents of a Coloradomountain town are taking a break from the aftermath for a party that includes a specially brewed beer the color of the spill. They’re also taking a few jabs at the federal Environmental Protection Agency, which accidentally caused the 3-million-gallon…
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Hickenlooper, state lawmakers continue to push Congress for Good Samaritan bill
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Lawmakers at the federal level may not be much help, but the EPA and Colorado officials are working well together to fix the century-old mining mess above Silverton that continues to leak waste water into local streams, according to the town administrator. “That [Aug. 5] accident is going to allow this problem to be properly…
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BARTELS: Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams hits the road again
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Here’s Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams’ version of spring break: Visited nine county clerks. Checked out five newspaper offices. Attended three Go Code Colorado competitions. Spoke at one Club 20 event. And all in four days. Williams began his trip Wednesday morning in Greeley, where he met with Weld County Clerk Carly Koppes. By late…
