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Environment/Energy

Ethanol: It’s What’s For Dinner!

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...

DNC Convention Green

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...

WILDFIRE!

Colorado Confidential reporter, Leslie Robinson, lives near the wildfire featured in all the statewide newspapers and newscasts today. This is her personal account of...

CD-2 Could Be Colorado’s Most Expensive Congressional Race Yet

The Democratic race to replace Rep. Mark Udall in the 2nd Congressional District could shape up to be an expensive one. State Senate President...

Colorado’s most populous birds losing ground

Some of America's most common birds -- including many in Colorado -- are experiencing dramatic population declines, mostly as a result of agricultural and...

Ritter Taking BLM to Task

Governor Bill Ritter is using both barrels of his pen responding to the Bureau of Land Management's Roan Plateau drilling plan and its oil...

EPA

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...

UPDATE: New EPA Rules for Superfund ‘Good Samaritans’

The Environmental Protection Agency has issued some new regulations designed to make it easier for citizens and volunteers -- called Good Samaritans -- to...

Colorado 15th Most Energy Efficient State

Colorado is 15th -- tied with Maine and Hawaii -- in a ranking of the 50 states the the District of Columbia in energy...

Fitz-Gerald Urges Tough Vehicle GHG Standards

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...
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