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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2011

    Diana DeGette blames Tea Party madness for bill to prevent regulation of farm dust

    Diana DeGette.​Denver blog posts live like kings. Colorado Independent's Troy Hooper on Diana DeGette's nods to Alice in Wonderland when discussing legislation to stop the EPA from regulating farm dust. Which it isn't doing, by the way. Free Range Longmont's Joseph Bassman asks: Do you know ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    Fracking: Gas industry pours $747 million into lobbying and Congress

    Colorado well pads. ​As the oil and gas industry has turned increasingly to hydraulic fracturing to extract reserves, fears about groundwater contamination from the toxic chemicals used in "fracking" have intensified. And that's prompted a $747 million spending spree by major industry players ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Fracking primer: State seeks to address uproar over drilling process

    ​Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking" -- pumping massive amounts of water mixed with toxic chemicals into tight formations to extract oil and gas -- remains a sore subject among environmentalists, neighbors of drilling rigs and some lawmakers, even as energy industry boosters insist it's safe. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    Colorado needs more official symbols. How about a State Brewpub?

    It's official: Colorado is high!​When tax revenues are down, state legislators can feel marginalized, even redundant. Unable to fund -- hence debate, manipulate and gerrymander -- pet projects, they retreat to committee rooms or watering holes to wait for the economy to recover. In their quest ... More >>

  • News

    April 14, 2011

    Plans are heating up for the Rocky Flats Cold War Museum

    It's official: Colorado is high!​When tax revenues are down, state legislators can feel marginalized, even redundant. Unable to fund -- hence debate, manipulate and gerrymander -- pet projects, they retreat to committee rooms or watering holes to wait for the economy to recover. In their quest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Radiation from Japanese nuclear paint found in Colorado: Health dept. says no need to panic

    ​Last week, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment tried to counter media-fueled fears about radiation from the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan creating health risks here. Today, that job just got more difficult. The CDPHE confirms that "minuscule" amounts of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Japanese radiation worries in U.S.: Health dept. tries to calm fears as media stokes them

    ​This morning, Peter Boyles spent part of his KHOW morning show wondering if we should be taking potassium iodide to protect ourselves against radiation from the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. And at this writing, the main story on the CBS4 home page asks, "Could Japan's Radi ... More >>

  • News

    September 30, 2010

    Black out: Lamar gets steamed over a troubled coal plant -- right in the middle of town

    ​This morning, Peter Boyles spent part of his KHOW morning show wondering if we should be taking potassium iodide to protect ourselves against radiation from the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. And at this writing, the main story on the CBS4 home page asks, "Could Japan's Radi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    Ken Salazar finds oil spilling from Gulf into Colorado

    ​The Deepwater Horizon disaster keeps spilling into my inbox, more than 1,300 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, where there's "oil for miles and miles," Attorney General Eric Holder lamented yesterday in New Orleans. Denver is more than 1,300 miles from the Big Easy, but the disaster has spilled ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Dirty prison tricks: Kansas adopts Colorado's asbestos removal program for inmates

    Mark MangerFort Lyon inmates say they faced asbestos exposure in maintenance operations. ​A recent story in the Topeka Capital-Journal about a 2005 renovation at a Kansas women's prison has a familiar ring to it. Inmates and corrections employees have long claimed that they were forced to rem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    Rolling Stone really likes our search for a medical-marijuana reviewer -- they really, really like it!

    Now we know why Gene Shalit seems to love so many awful movies.​The amount of coverage generated by our quest for a medical-marijuana dispensary reviewer has proven conclusively that national media outlets such as the New York Times to National Public Radio have a heretofore unimagined ganja o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2009

    Fuel guru Bill Orr loses bid for new trial

    U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Babcock has at last issued a ruling denying a motion for acquittal or new trial filed by attorneys for William Orr, the alternative fuel entrepreneur whose battles with the EPA led to a guilty verdict on 23 counts of fraud and tax charges in Babcock's courtoom l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2008

    Reuse your bags!

    Mayor John Hickenlooper yesterday announced a Greenprint Denver initiative to promote reusable bags at various city agencies and businesses. The Denver Public Library, for example, is eliminating the use of plastic bags at all of the branches. And such companies as&nb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2008

    The gas war between Bill Orr and the government

    Mayor John Hickenlooper yesterday announced a Greenprint Denver initiative to promote reusable bags at various city agencies and businesses. The Denver Public Library, for example, is eliminating the use of plastic bags at all of the branches. And such companies as&nb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2008

    LoDo gets more red meat with Fogo de Chao

    Mayor John Hickenlooper yesterday announced a Greenprint Denver initiative to promote reusable bags at various city agencies and businesses. The Denver Public Library, for example, is eliminating the use of plastic bags at all of the branches. And such companies as&nb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2008

    Alternative Fuels Guru Out of Gas

    Mayor John Hickenlooper yesterday announced a Greenprint Denver initiative to promote reusable bags at various city agencies and businesses. The Denver Public Library, for example, is eliminating the use of plastic bags at all of the branches. And such companies as&nb ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 3, 2008

    Open Wide

    Doors Open Denver peeks into the city's history.

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2008

    Media Complicit in Hyping Story of Potential Leadville Flood

    Doors Open Denver peeks into the city's history.

  • Music

    June 21, 2007

    This Just In...

    The latest nightlife news.

  • News

    April 26, 2007

    The Hunt for Green

    Sorting out the payday in Denver's new recycling plan.

  • Calendar

    April 12, 2007

    Enter the Kingdom

    Doors Open Denver welcomes the rest of us.

  • News

    October 27, 2005

    Dirty Pictures

    This Rocky Flats movie gets glowing reviews.

  • Music

    October 6, 2005

    The Skad-father

    Skankin' it up with Bucket Hingley of the Toasters.

  • News

    September 1, 2005

    What Lies Beneath

    The effort to reclaim a historic mining district has consumed years and millions of dollars. But will it hold water?

  • News

    December 30, 2004

    Strange but True

    Rampaging bears! Rampaging Buffs! Criminals in the buff! It happened here... unfortunately.

  • News

    April 15, 2004

    Sing, You Sinners!

    The sounds of silence at CU.

  • News

    November 20, 2003

    Search Party

    Commander Chainsaw leads his troops into the depths of an abandoned Titan 1 Missile silo.

  • News

    October 23, 2003

    At Close Range

    The Cherry Creek Shooting Center finds itself under the gun.

  • Dining

    May 22, 2003

    Bite Me

    A Fish Story

  • News

    August 22, 2002

    Off Limits

    Listing to the right

  • News

    July 25, 2002

    Pack Mentality

    A media column about secondhand smoke stirs up a cloud of controversy.

  • News

    January 10, 2002

    Funky Town

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

  • News

    April 19, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of April 19, 2001

  • News

    August 24, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of August 24

  • News

    August 3, 2000

    The Hot Zone

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

  • News

    October 14, 1999

    A Bad Case of Gas

    Montclair residents want Lowry to clean up a mess before it becomes a household problem.

  • Calendar

    July 15, 1999

    Toxic Shock

    Montclair residents want Lowry to clean up a mess before it becomes a household problem.

  • News

    November 12, 1998

    Look Out Below!

    When a Denver gas company started drilling wells in Las Animas County, it brought bad feelings to the surface.

  • News

    September 17, 1998

    Land, Ho!

    Glenn Miller may rope back the land near Vail that he lost in bankruptcy court.

  • News

    March 26, 1998

    Game of the Century

    The high-stakes real estate maneuvering behind Vail's newest expansion dreams.

  • News

    September 4, 1997

    It's the Pits

    Mining made history in Victor. But will a new gold rush devour its future?

  • News

    August 21, 1997

    The Buzz Stops Here

    Dying bees have their Colorado keepers in a state of hive anxiety.

  • News

    May 1, 1997

    Letters

    Dying bees have their Colorado keepers in a state of hive anxiety.

  • News

    January 30, 1997

    Informed Decisions

    Dying bees have their Colorado keepers in a state of hive anxiety.

  • News

    November 8, 1995

    BURIED TREASURE

    THE HONEYMOON'S LONG OVER FOR EX-EPA CHIEF ANNE BURFORD AND HER LATE HUSBAND--BUT THE DIVORCE IS FOREVER.

  • News

    July 19, 1995

    ANOTHER ROW OVER PLUTONIUM

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

  • News

    March 15, 1995

    GLOWING REPORTS

    THERE'S PLENTY OF GOOD NEWS ABOUT ROCKY FLATS. AND YOU'RE PAYING FOR IT.

  • News

    January 25, 1995

    BLOWING SMOKE

    THE FIRM HIRED TO RUN COLORADO'S CONTROVERSIAL NEW EMISSIONS PROGRAM HAS MADE A KILLING GAUGING THE POLITICAL WINDS.

  • News

    January 4, 1995

    THIS IS ONLY A TEST

    THE GOVERNMENT HAS A LESSON FOR GRADE-SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERS AND THEIR STUDENTS: THERE'S NOTHING TO FEAR FROM ROCKY FLATS.

  • News

    April 6, 1994

    HOW GREEN IS MY PRESIDENT

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

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