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Capitol Conversation: Effects of Trump EPA Freeze on Colorado Programs
It is unclear how the Trump administration’s freezing of grants and awards from the Environmental Protection Agency will impact programs in Colorado. We talked with Peter Marcus with ColoradoPolitics.com and Luke Perkins from the Durango Herald about how politicians are […]
Capitol Coverage: Mixed reactions to Trump EPA Freeze
There’s mixed reaction to the Trump administration’s freeze of Environmental Protection Agency awards and grants and what it means for Colorado. Bente Birkeland has more. In a statement, Governor John Hickenlooper says it’s not clear how broad the order is […]
How to Get a Price on Carbon
“We are in trouble. We are right now in a trajectory, in fact locked into a trajectory, to warm the atmosphere well above the 1.5 degrees centigrade that the Paris agreements call for.” -William Becker, Executive Director of the Presidential Climate […]
EPA Hearings in Denver on Clean Water Plan
The EPA held public hearings in Denver on Monday and Tuesday to gather input on federal implementation of the Clean Power Plan, which targets pollution from coal fired power plants. The plan was finalized this summer. The CPP allows states […]
Navajo Nation sues the EPA over Animas contamination
Johnathon Nez, the Vice-President of the Navajo Nation says the pollution of the Animas River from the Gold King mine has affected the Navajo Nation in many ways “first is our livestock, our livestock goes to the San Juan river […]
A huge spill of hazardous mine waste has contaminated the Animas River, which runs through Durango.
The Environmental Protection Agency says the spill was triggered by investigators at the Gold King Mine above Silverton. They estimate a million gallons of waste spilled from the mine. Jonathan Thompson is a senior editor with environmental magazine High Country […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on environmental activism
“Protecting the environment is about protecting democracy, and protecting notions of justice and fairness and equality, human rights and civil rights and all those things are wrapped up into one package.” H2O Radio‘s Jamie Sudler and Frani Halperin had a […]