Environment
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BLM targets sensitive lands
Improved management sought for ‘areas of critical environmental concern’
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El Niño turns Death Valley into ‘a valley of life’
El Niño transforms hellish Death Valley into ‘a valley of life’
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Clean Power Plan stay spurs enviros into action
It’s hard to overstate the high that environmentalists were feeling as this year began. President Obama had finally rejected the Keystone XL pipeline that they had fought against for years.…
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Is Clean Power Plan out of reach?
Experts say emissions targets are attainable, but uncertainty over how to get there remains.
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Lower Dolores River gets impaired status
Colorado Department of Health cites high water temperature
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King II Coal Mine permit may be approved next week
Public hearing for King II Coal pushed to March 2
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Rain barrel legislation passes out of Colorado House committee
Residents could capture water in two 55-gallon containers
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Scalia was Supreme Court’s leader on limiting environmental rules
A conservative legal foundation fears its winning streak may be over.
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Nearly 50 mines around Silverton could be part of Superfund
EPA proposal released ahead of town vote
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New leader steps up for the American Lands Council
Montana lawmaker takes over lands transfer group, as a new tendril of the movement emerges
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Western states react strongly to Supreme Court stay of Clean Power Plan
Some states stop all work on cutting greenhouse gases but others forge ahead
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New methane rule has support in northern New Mexico
Some aspects of BLM’s proposed regulation taken from Colorado law
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Time to update methane regs?
One of four public hearings nationwide to be held Tuesday in Farmington
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La Plata County production-related toxic waste minimal compared with San Juan County, N.M.
La Plata County’s impact minimal, but San Juan County high
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Mancos working to upgrade water system for $530,600
Town is granted more than $150,000, has applied for $265,000
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Gold King owner: The future is uncertain
Land-use agreement between Todd Hennis and EPA expires in March