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More state drinking-water systems using chlorine
DENVER (AP) - More drinking-water systems across Colorado are treating their water with chlorine following the deadly salmonella outbreak in Alamosa last year. more...
  11/19/2009 10:18am
Company protests mining rules, public input
DENVER (AP) - A company that wants to mine uranium in Weld County claims that proposed state rules on protecting groundwater might be illegal.
  11/18/2009 2:32pm
Colorado company starts work on biofuel facility
DENVER (AP) - A Colorado company that has developed a process to convert wood to fuel is starting construction of what will eventually be a commercial-scale production plant.
  11/18/2009 11:16am
Breckenridge leaders urge action on climate change
BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. (AP) - Elected officials and representatives of the Breckenridge ski area are calling on Congress to pass a climate change bill.
  11/18/2009 10:32am
Drilling co. ordered to give up employment records
DENVER (AP) - A Houston-based oil and gas drilling company facing complaints of racial discrimination has been ordered to turn over its personnel records as part of an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation.
  11/17/2009 5:00pm
Energy Dept. walks the walk with smart building
GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) - Homes and office buildings consume three-quarters of U.S. electricity, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory wants to lower that figure by erecting what it believes will be the largest "net-zero" energy building in the world -...
  11/17/2009 3:00pm
Pitkin County donating Roaring Fork water rights
DENVER (AP) - Pitkin County is Colorado's first county to donate water rights to boost river flows.
  11/17/2009 11:18am
Aspenites question impact of hydroelectric plant
DENVER (AP) - The city of Aspen says building a hydroelectric plant would reduce the community's greenhouse gas emissions. Environmentalists say it could also drain area creeks.
  11/15/2009 6:21pm
State fines mining Western Slope company for using a banned road
DENVER (AP) - Colorado has fined a Western Slope mining company $7,000 for using a banned road near a La Plata County gold mine.
  11/13/2009 5:54pm
National team to help manage bark beetle problem
DENVER (AP) - A national team will help the U.S. Forest Service manage the attack against the beetle infestation that has swept through about 2.5 million acres of forests in northern Colorado and southern Wyoming.
  11/12/2009 1:23pm
Colorado receives federal grant for clean-tech export
DENVER (AP) - Colorado will receive a federal grant to promote clean-technology exports to China and Mexico.
  11/12/2009 10:36am
Colorado senators introduce wilderness proposal
DENVER (AP) - U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and Mark Udall are sponsoring a bill to declare about 61,000 acres in southwestern Colorado as federal wilderness and special management areas.
  11/10/2009 9:15pm
Williams says Colorado Hub pipeline now in service
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Williams Cos. Inc. says a 26.4-mile-long natural gas transmission pipeline in Colorado is now in use.
  11/10/2009 12:17pm
Forest Service blocks Crested Butte ski expansion
CRESTED BUTTE, Colo. (AP) - The U.S. Forest Service has blocked a western Colorado ski area's plans to expand onto national forest land.
  11/10/2009 12:00pm
Anadarko: Expansion depends on faster permits
DENVER (AP) - Anadarko Petroleum says it's ready to spend $100 million to develop wells in northern Colorado's Wattenberg Field if the state speeds up the time to approve permits.
  11/10/2009 11:30am
'South Park' creators build eco-friendly mansion
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - They killed Kenny but not too many trees.
  11/09/2009 12:55pm
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