Subject: Environmental Issues and Protection

• Toxic Wait

  Some residents say the Rocky Mountain Arsenal still isn't clean enough to polish Commerce City's image.

  February 11, 1999

• Global Warning

  Is this planet big enough for both Earthlaw and Earthjustice?

  July 16, 1998

• Follow That Story

  August 12, 1999

• All's Not Well

  March 23, 2000

• Best Eco-Friendly Internet Service

  March 29, 2001

• This Is a Job for Superfund!

  July 5, 2001

• Best Place to Learn About Mining's (Ugly) Legacy

  April 4, 2002

• Best Conservation Store

  March 27, 2003

• Funky Town

  Even though the EPA says Denver's air is getting cleaner, the odor lingers on.

  January 10, 2002

• It's Not Easy Being Green

  Progressive causes find a new home in a modern-day commune.

  February 10, 2005

• It's Not Easy Being Green

  Look who's mad at Dick Lamm now!

  March 18, 2004

• Enemy Mine

  Old mines are polluting the water, but this mountain town doesn't want to get shafted by the EPA.

  July 5, 2001

• Board Games

  When a boardmember refused to go with the flow, Metro's plan to handle Lowry wastewater got down and dirty.

  April 26, 2001

• A Matter of Trust

  Who paid what to clean up Lowry Landfill? That's confidential.

  April 19, 2001

• The Lowdown on Lowry

  The city thought it had settled any questions about the Lowry Landfill. The truth is a toxic shocker.

  April 12, 2001

• The Hot Zone

  Kaiser-Hill says it can do the job by 2006. But will Rocky Flats ever come clean?

  August 3, 2000

• Many Happy Returns

  Paul Zentgraf offers you greetings! and salutations!

  July 13, 2000

• Fashion Statement

  These new designs are really trashy.

  June 15, 2000

• Enemy Mine

  The debate over open-pit mining turns toxic.

  June 8, 2000

• Going With the Flow

  Glendale gets a lesson in the politics of pollution.

  June 10, 1999

• Mr. Clean

  Superfund ombudsman Robert Martin is either a white knight -- or an EPA whitewash.

  April 1, 1999

• Hazardous Wait

  February 25, 1999

• King of the Dump

  As the market for recycled materials dries up, King Soopers trashes part of its recycling program.

  February 18, 1999

• The Incredible Shrinking Career

  EPA scientist Brian Rimar just wanted to keep doing research, but his agency found him too toxic.

  February 4, 1999

• Not in Their Backyard

  August 6, 1998

• A Dirty Shame

  The EPA blew this job -- but Colorado towns will pay the price to clean up the mess.

  April 16, 1998

• Blowing Smoke

  Is Public Service coming clean about its clean-air campaign?

  February 5, 1998

• Trees' Company

  Environmentalists gang up with--gasp!--loggers to attack the Forest Service.

  January 22, 1998

• Spinning Their Wheels

  A guide to surviving the light-rail info war

  October 23, 1997

• Forest Bumps

  Environmentalists warn that the Forest Service's new Colorado mogul could be dangerous.

  September 4, 1997

• Lode Warriors

  A Denver mining company is looking for copper. All it's found so far is a rich vein of environmentalists.

  August 7, 1997

• Sister Sludge

  Activist Adrienne Anderson stirs up the sewage board with a warning on plutonium.

  July 24, 1997

• Uphill Battle

  The speed merchants who risk their lives on the Pikes Peak Highway hope to put the brakes on a road-paving project.

  June 12, 1997

• And Not a Drop to Drink

  April 3, 1997

• Under the Covers

  Coach McCartney got into bed with one of Denver's biggest polluters, but Pillow Kingdom's neighbors are proving to be a tougher sell.

  January 30, 1997

• Getting a Lift

  Environmentalists cry foul over the new federal Ski Fee Bill.

  October 10, 1996

• This Property Is Condemned

  The EPA messes with a widow over a Commerce City warehouse and winds up making its own mess.

  August 22, 1996

• The Deal's Disputed Line Item

  August 15, 1996

• Going to Ground

  A private investigator tracks a toxic trail through Arvada.

  August 1, 1996

• Down in the Dump

  How the people of Overland Park were forced to live next door to a radioactive "monolith"-- by the Environmental Protection Agency.

  July 4, 1996

• ANOTHER ROW OVER PLUTONIUM

  A SPARKLING STANDLEY LAKE--AND A BOATLOAD OF PROTESTORS--GREET OLYMPIC FESTIVAL ATHLETES.

  July 19, 1995

• ON THE SPOT

  DRY-CLEANING BILLS ARE ON THE RISE--THANKS TO THE POLITICS OF "PERC."

  July 12, 1995

• THE EPA GOES RADWHAT BETTER PLACE FOR A NEW GOVERNMENT LAB THAN A RADIOACTIVE SITE?

  June 21, 1995

• DON'T TOUCH THAT DIALOGUE

  THE LITTLE-KNOWN CCEM DOESN'T CLEAN UP POLLUTION. BUT WITH $7.6 MILLION IN TAX MONEY TO PLAY WITH, IT SURE CAN TALK ABOUT IT.

  May 17, 1995

• BARRELS OF FUN

  SUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS FROLIC AMONG HAZARDOUS WASTE AT EPA CLEANUP SITE.

  March 15, 1995

• MELTING DOWN

  TWO ROCKY FLATS WATCHDOG GROUPS BLOW UP AT EACH OTHER.

  October 5, 1994

• HOW GREEN IS MY PRESIDENT

  IN A STRANGE SUPERFUND TWIST, POLLUTERS SAY CLINTON'S CLEANUP PLAN IS "PRO-BUSINESS."

  April 6, 1994

• Peterson Air Force Base loses out to Texas' Lackland for 24th Air Force location

  Lackland Air Force Base. Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs was one of the finalists to become the home for the 24th Air Force, described by the service as "a new numbered Air Force headquarters focused on the cyber mission." But it'll have to settle for Miss Congeniality. Lackland Air Force Base in Texas has been chosen as the so-called "preferred alternative" pending an environmental impact study. A final decision is expected this summer. Click "Continue" to read the Air Force's rat

  May 15, 2009

• Building a Better Mousetrap

  January 20, 2005

• Feds say global warming could force jets at DIA to produce MORE greenhouse gasses

  flickr.comA jet departs from DIA.​ It's all green all the time out at 8500 Pena Boulevard according to the PR chatter from officials at Denver International Airport. A video on the airport's website titled "DIA is Green" touts environmentally friendly efforts such as a solar power program, an ongoing wind energy study and an "underground fuel delivery system to reduce emissions during fueling." But could DIA's attempt to shrink its carbon footprint be hampered by global warming itself? T

  September 11, 2009