Tag: environment
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Colorado Springs parks, turf and trees’ thirst requires more water money
Colorado Springs’ parks, grass and trees need more water. About $450,000 worth of water. And they need it soon, a parks manager told the Utilities Board on Wednesday. Water costs paid to Utilities have escalated, said Kurt Schroeder, park operations and development manager. While the Parks Recreation and Cultural Services’ budget was slashed by 80…
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Colorado Springs parks, turf and trees’ thirst requires more water money
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs’ parks, grass and trees need more water. About $450,000 worth of water. And they need it soon, a parks manager told the Utilities Board on Wednesday. Water costs paid to Utilities have escalated,…
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Lawsuit filed by Security water customers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Three Security Water District customers have filed a federal class-action lawsuit against companies that manufactured a military firefighting foam that’s thought tied to contaminated wells in Widefield, Security and Fountain. The foam was used for…
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Lawsuit filed by Security water customers
Three Security Water District customers have filed a federal class-action lawsuit against companies that manufactured a military firefighting foam that’s thought tied to contaminated wells in Widefield, Security and Fountain. The foam was used for decades at Peterson Air Force Base and contains a chemical found in public and private wells at levels that exceed…
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US agency orders corrective action after gas pipeline spill
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ATLANTA (AP) — Fuel supplies in at least five states are threatened by a gasoline pipeline spill in Alabama, and the U.S. Department of Transportation has ordered the company responsible to take corrective action before…
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US agency orders corrective action after gas pipeline spill
ATLANTA (AP) — Fuel supplies in at least five states are threatened by a gasoline pipeline spill in Alabama, and the U.S. Department of Transportation has ordered the company responsible to take corrective action before the fuel starts flowing again. Colonial Pipeline Co. must conduct testing and analysis on the failed section of the pipeline,…
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Obama lays claim to being America’s first ocean president
WASHINGTON – Speaking to representatives from dozens of countries gathered in Washington for the third annual Our Ocean conference, President Barack Obama said Thursday that it was urgent that leaders take swift, bold action to safeguard oceans around the globe. “We cannot truly protect our planet without protecting our ocean,” the president said, adding that…
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Obama lays claim to being America’s first ocean president
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON – Speaking to representatives from dozens of countries gathered in Washington for the third annual Our Ocean conference, President Barack Obama said Thursday that it was urgent that leaders take swift, bold action to…
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CDOT: Measures will avoid repeat Big Thompson fish kill
FORT COLLINS — Fallout from the March concrete spill that killed 5,600 fish in the Big Thompson River has heightened considerations of how those rebuilding U.S. Highway 34 will protect the embattled river that runs along the highway. The three-year, $50 million project to repair damage U.S. 34 sustained during the 2013 flood begins in…
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U.S. clears way for cleanup of Colorado mine after huge spill
DENVER — A Colorado mine that spewed 3 million gallons of contaminated wastewater into rivers in three Western states was designated a Superfund site Wednesday, clearing the way for a multimillion-dollar federal cleanup. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency formally added the inactive Gold King Mine and 47 other nearby mining-related sites to the Superfund list.…