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Guest Post: I investigated the ‘unclear danger’ of Rocky Flats. Here’s...

I'm going on a hike tomorrow, and I’ve never been more prepared. I’ve got granola bars in my backpack, ice water in my bottle,...

Judge refuses to delay trail building at Rocky Flats in potential...

A federal judge has denied a motion by a coalition of environmental groups to put a hold on building trails at the Rocky Flats...

Scientists testify Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge remains contaminated

Three scientists testifying in federal court Tuesday cited research they say debunks assertions by the federal government that public health dangers at the the...

Groups file legal action to halt looming construction at Rocky Flats

Denver community and environmental groups today took legal action to block the construction of hiking, biking and equestrian trails and a visitor center at...

Environmental concerns over Rocky Flats refuge prompt federal lawsuit

Colorado environmental, human rights and social justice groups are suing a federal agency to block the construction of hiking, biking and equestrian trails and...

Revisiting Rocky Flats: Joseph Daniel brings his 1979 protest dispatch back...

Hundreds of people in bandanas, bell bottoms and boxy Buicks came to the Colorado scrubland in the shadow of the Flat Iron mountains between Golden and Boulder to sit on a small stretch of train tracks at Rocky Flats.

Toxic Suburbia: Fantastic Rocky Flats vistas, plutonium breezes

There’s a Spielberg-like quality to the Candelas subdivision rising in the foothills here.

Green groups sue feds over proposed Rocky Flats land swap to...

Two environmental groups filed a lawsuit in a Denver federal court Tuesday to try to stop a proposal to turn the eastern edge of...

Invasive weeds raise nuclear concerns at Rocky Flats

Invasive weeds at a former nuclear trigger factory at Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge raise the specter of nuclear contaminants spreading to surface water, a report from the Interior Department states. But there isn't enough money to eradicate the weeds, and even if there was, the contaminated ground may prove too dangerous for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to restore.

Colorado Dems ask Obama to help move nuke worker compensation bill

Colorado legislators headed by Sen. Mark Udall asked the federal government Friday to help former nuclear weapons workers made ill by exposure to radiation...
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