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Watchdog clears Zinke in Utah monument probe
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WASHINGTON – An internal watchdog has cleared Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke of wrongdoing following a complaint that he redrew the boundaries of a national monument in Utah to benefit a state lawmaker and political ally. The Interior Department’s office of inspector general says it found no evidence that Zinke gave veteran state Rep. Mike Noel…
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Feds propose selling former national monument lands
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By Darryl Fears and Dino Grandoni | The Washington Post The Trump administration is proposing to dispose of federal land in Utah that was protected within the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument until its boundary was redrawn by the Interior Department earlier this year – despite Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s assurance last year that he would…
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BEST OF THE WEEK: Hiking with Zinke, piles of petitions, a rural power play and more
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Here’s our recap of some of our best stories of the week from the Colorado Politics staff. > Interior Secretary Zinke cites Colorado’s advantages in BLM move > Transportation measures’ backers park petitions at secretary of state’s office > Signatures turned in on oil and gas, payday loan initiatives > Colo. campaign-spending initiative sets signature…
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CU prof, others say Zinke’s energy panel is stacked with industry supporters
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BILLINGS, Mont. – Conservationists claim in a lawsuit that a Trump administration committee reviewing royalties paid by companies on fossil fuels extracted from public lands is stacked with industry supporters who conduct some meetings in secret. And a University of Colorado law school professor also says the panel is biased toward industry. The Western Organization…
