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The US Department of Agriculture announced today that it has discovered a way to use an edible by-product from corn-based ethanol production, to make...
Are the Democrats changing their logo color? Do they all claim to be Irish? Is Al Gore really running for president?
The Democratic National Committee...
Colorado Confidential reporter, Leslie Robinson, lives near the wildfire featured in all the statewide newspapers and newscasts today. This is her personal account of...
Some of America's most common birds -- including many in Colorado -- are experiencing dramatic population declines, mostly as a result of agricultural and...
While they're a step in the right direction, the federal administrative rules changes for abandoned hard rock mines don't address the most important issues...
The Environmental Protection Agency has issued some new regulations designed to make it easier for citizens and volunteers -- called Good Samaritans -- to...
Colorado Senate President Joan Fitz-Gerald (D-Coal Creek Canyon) has weighed in on California's side in the state's dispute with the Environmental Protection Agency over...