Tag: environment
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Trump begins with call to kill climate action plan
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON —- As President Trump delivered his inaugural address Friday, his staff posted a variety of proposals ranging from an “American First Foreign Policy” to killing President Obama’s climate action plan — plans largely echoing his campaign…
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Trump begins with call to kill climate action plan
WASHINGTON —- As President Trump delivered his inaugural address Friday, his staff posted a variety of proposals ranging from an “American First Foreign Policy” to killing President Obama’s climate action plan — plans largely echoing his campaign website. “For too long, we’ve been held back by burdensome regulations on our energy industry. President Trump is committed to…
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Clean air advocate subpoenaed by Colorado Springs Utilities in sulfur dioxide dispute
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Clean air advocate Jacquie Ostrom is being ordered to testify at a deposition and produce four months of emails or other communications sought in the Colorado Springs Utilities action against Leslie Weise. Ostrom said the…
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Clean air advocate subpoenaed by Colorado Springs Utilities in sulfur dioxide dispute
Clean air advocate Jacquie Ostrom is being ordered to testify at a deposition and produce four months of emails or other communications sought in the Colorado Springs Utilities action against Leslie Weise. Ostrom said the subpoena she was served Wednesday night illustrates the “witch hunt” by Utilities, which is seeking sanctions, fines and jail time…
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It’s getting hotter, but experts hesitant to blame Colorado Springs’ wild weather on climate change
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A midsummer hailstorm that causes millions in damage. Fall wildfires that char thousands of acres. Warm winter winds gusting to more than 100 mph. It’d be natural to assume climate change was at least partly…
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Colorado joins Texas, 11 other states in lawsuit to block Obama coal mining rule
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas and 12 other states have asked a federal court to block final rules from President Barack Obama’s administration designed to reduce coal mining’s impact on streams. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton petitioned a Washington-based appeals court for an injunction Tuesday. Paxton said in a statement that the “Stream Protection Rule” imposes…
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Colorado joins Texas, 11 other states in lawsuit to block Obama coal mining rule
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save AUSTIN, Texas — Texas and 12 other states have asked a federal court to block final rules from President Barack Obama’s administration designed to reduce coal mining’s impact on streams. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton…
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It’s getting hotter, but experts hesitant to blame Colorado Springs’ wild weather on climate change
A midsummer hailstorm that causes millions in damage. Fall wildfires that char thousands of acres. Warm winter winds gusting to more than 100 mph. It’d be natural to assume climate change was at least partly responsible. But scientists and weather experts in Colorado are hesitant to point fingers. Drawing a line connecting man-made climate change…
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Monument attorney facing jail in Drake emissions dispute to learn fate next month
DENVER – Monument attorney Leslie Weise likely will learn Feb. 13 whether she will be sanctioned, fined or even jailed for six months under a contempt citation sought by Colorado Springs Utilities and the city, Colorado Chief Appeals Judge Alan M. Loeb indicated at a Friday hearing. The city and Utilities pressed for the citation…
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Colorado Springs to undertake biggest tree removal project
Dennis Will is nervous. “This is scary stuff,” the Colorado Springs forester said of the Forestry Division’s biggest tree removal project ever, which was announced Friday and is set to begin later this month. The city, he said, aims to remove trees and clear brush to thin out overgrowth and reduce the fire danger on…