Tag: environment
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Water districts charge ahead on contamination fixes, while waiting for Air Force to pony up
The water flowing into Bridgette Swaney’s home no longer threatens to cause cancer or weaken her immune system. But that doesn’t mean she’ll drink it. “Now the water tastes like chlorine instead of something else, so I don’t know,” Swaney said. For the first time in possibly decades, summer will arrive in southern El Paso…
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Water districts charge ahead on contamination fixes, while waiting for Air Force to pony up
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The water flowing into Bridgette Swaney’s home no longer threatens to cause cancer or weaken her immune system. But that doesn’t mean she’ll drink it. “Now the water tastes like chlorine instead of something else,…
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Colorado’s Front Range is perfect petri dish for creating hail
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER – The largest hailstone ever recorded in America spent close to an hour aloft in a cloud growing to the size of a small volleyball, then plunged to earth at more than 100 mph,…
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Colorado’s Front Range is perfect petri dish for creating hail
DENVER – The largest hailstone ever recorded in America spent close to an hour aloft in a cloud growing to the size of a small volleyball, then plunged to earth at more than 100 mph, struck the ground in South Dakota weighing nearly 2 pounds, left a divot, was scooped up by a local rancher…
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How Idaho Springs plans to turn the Argo Mine Superfund site into a tourist attraction
IDAHO SPRINGS — At the end of the blasted, hard-rock tunnel is a bulkhead. Behind the wall — concrete and steel more than 3 feet thick — is almost 3 million gallons of water tainted by heavy metals. The words “do not open” are scrawled on the steel portal. “That’s some good advice right there,”…
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Deadline looms for state to appeal court decision on oil and gas drilling
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Environmental groups are encouraging Gov. John Hickenlooper not to appeal a Colorado Court of Appeals decision emphasizing health and safety in permitting oil and gas drilling. Hickenlooper, a Democrat and former geologist, has until Thursday…
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Deadline looms for state to appeal court decision on oil and gas drilling
Environmental groups are encouraging Gov. John Hickenlooper not to appeal a Colorado Court of Appeals decision emphasizing health and safety in permitting oil and gas drilling. Hickenlooper, a Democrat and former geologist, has until Thursday to decide whether to appeal the case, which could require state oil and gas regulators to take another look at…
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How Idaho Springs plans to turn the Argo Mine Superfund site into a tourist attraction
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save IDAHO SPRINGS — At the end of the blasted, hard-rock tunnel is a bulkhead. Behind the wall — concrete and steel more than 3 feet thick — is almost 3 million gallons of water tainted…
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Officials from Arctic nations meet amid drilling concerns
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — High-level officials from the world’s eight Arctic nations will meet in Alaska amid concerns about the future of the sensitive region after President Donald Trump called for more oil drilling and development. Among those expected to attend the meeting of the Arctic Council beginning Thursday in Fairbanks are U.S. Secretary of State…
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Officials from Arctic nations meet amid drilling concerns
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save FAIRBANKS, Alaska — High-level officials from the world’s eight Arctic nations will meet in Alaska amid concerns about the future of the sensitive region after President Donald Trump called for more oil drilling and development.…