Tag: environment
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Proposed legal agreement eases fears of El Paso County quarry opponents
Opponents of a proposed quarry in southeastern El Paso County are breathing a sigh of relief. All 90 individuals and organizations who objected to the proposed Hitch Rack Quarry during a public comment period, now defendants in a legal complaint, won’t have to foot the legal bill of Transit Mix Concrete, the quarry proponent. Transit…
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Proposed legal agreement eases fears of El Paso County quarry opponents
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Opponents of a proposed quarry in southeastern El Paso County are breathing a sigh of relief. All 90 individuals and organizations who objected to the proposed Hitch Rack Quarry during a public comment period, now…
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How to celebrate Earth Day in Colorado Springs Saturday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Organizers of the Pikes Peak Partners Great American Cleanup aren’t asking for much from their volunteers. All they need to do is roll back their sleeves and put on some gloves to help beautify the…
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How to celebrate Earth Day in Colorado Springs Saturday
Organizers of the Pikes Peak Partners Great American Cleanup aren’t asking for much from their volunteers. All they need to do is roll back their sleeves and put on some gloves to help beautify the region by picking up litter at parks, along streambeds, rights-of-way and other public spaces. On Saturday, Keep America Beautiful’s Great…
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Cañon City residents to learn more about Cotter’s Superfund cleanup project
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Cañon City community members will meet again with Cotter Corp. on Thursday to hear about the former uranium mining company’s pilot groundwater cleanup project. Cotter hopes the project will reduce uranium and molybdenum contaminates to…
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Cañon City residents to learn more about Cotter’s Superfund cleanup project
Cañon City community members will meet again with Cotter Corp. on Thursday to hear about the former uranium mining company’s pilot groundwater cleanup project. Cotter hopes the project will reduce uranium and molybdenum contaminates to safe levels, but so far, community members have had mixed feelings about the effectiveness of the program. Doni Angell, a…
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Colorado activist charged in dispute on Utah grazing land
SALT LAKE CITY — An environmental activist and her husband are facing charges stemming from a confrontation with ranchers in southeastern Utah. The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office says Rosalie Chilcoat was visiting her husband, Mark Franklin, in Lime Ridge when he shut the gate to a rancher’s corral, denying the rancher’s cattle access to…
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Colorado activist charged in dispute on Utah grazing land
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SALT LAKE CITY — An environmental activist and her husband are facing charges stemming from a confrontation with ranchers in southeastern Utah. The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office says Rosalie Chilcoat was visiting her husband,…
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Neighbors gird for another round of battle with Transit Mix over proposed quarry
In a cluster of subdivisions just west of U.S. 115, dozens of residents have been served almost identical court summons – the consequence of speaking out against a proposed quarry that they believe could put their water supply at risk and harm wildlife. The 90 individuals and organizations, now defendants, believe the legal complaint is…
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Neighbors gird for another round of battle with Transit Mix over proposed quarry
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In a cluster of subdivisions just west of U.S. 115, dozens of residents have been served almost identical court summons – the consequence of speaking out against a proposed quarry that they believe could put…