Tag: environment
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Country’s largest national parks hit visitation records
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Many of the country’s most prominent national parks, including Grand Canyon, Yellowstone and Zion, set visitation records in 2015 and are bracing for what could be an even busier new year. The…
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La Plata County to ask EPA for $2.4 million to cover Gold King costs
La Plata County commissioners voted Tuesday to ask the EPA to reimburse up to $2.4 million over the next decade to cover expenses related to the Gold King Mine disaster. The Environmental Protection Agency must sign off on this proposed deal, to be submitted by Jan. 15, County Manager Joe Kerby said. The EPA would…
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La Plata County to ask EPA for $2.4 million to cover Gold King costs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save La Plata County commissioners voted Tuesday to ask the EPA to reimburse up to $2.4 million over the next decade to cover expenses related to the Gold King Mine disaster. The Environmental Protection Agency…
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More money to fight wildfires, but no long-term budget fix
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Budget legislation headed toward approval by Congress includes an additional $610 million for the U.S. Forest Service to fight wildfires next year but no long-term fix to how the agency, year after year, has had to borrow money from other programs to keep up with the ever-growing cost of fighting fires. The…
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More money to fight wildfires, but no long-term budget fix
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Budget legislation headed toward approval by Congress includes an additional $610 million for the U.S. Forest Service to fight wildfires next year but no long-term fix to how the agency, year after…
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Interior secretary: No criminal acts in Colorado mine spill
BILLINGS, Mont. — Interior Secretary Sally Jewell says she’s seen no evidence of criminal negligence in a toxic wastewater spill triggered by federal workers at an inactive Colorado gold mine. Jewell said during congressional testimony Wednesday that the 3 million-gallon spill was clearly an accident by a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency crew. She says the…
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Interior secretary: No criminal acts in Colorado mine spill
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BILLINGS, Mont. — Interior Secretary Sally Jewell says she’s seen no evidence of criminal negligence in a toxic wastewater spill triggered by federal workers at an inactive Colorado gold mine. Jewell said during congressional testimony…
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Some Pike and San Isabel forest roads closed while because of lack of study
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the coming year, nearly 140 forest roads will be under review and 30 will be closed following a U.S. District Court settlement that declared 500 miles of roads that cut through endangered species’ habitats need reassessment in…
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Some Pike and San Isabel forest roads closed while because of lack of study
In the coming year, nearly 140 forest roads will be under review and 30 will be closed following a U.S. District Court settlement that declared 500 miles of roads that cut through endangered species’ habitats need reassessment in the U.S. Forest Service’s Pike and San Isabel National Forests. The Forest Service has one year from Nov. 16 to…
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Colorado town to pursue Superfund help after mine spill
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DURANGO — Southwestern Colorado officials will negotiate with state and federal agencies to set up a federally financed Superfund cleanup of inactive mines, including one that spewed millions of gallons of wastewater into rivers in…