Does La Plata County Have More Cancer?
A Colorado region known for producing large amounts of uranium in the 1960s has been selected for a large-scale study by the American Cancer Society (...
A Colorado region known for producing large amounts of uranium in the 1960s has been selected for a large-scale study by the American Cancer Society (...
Kyrsten Sinema | Posted 01.02.2012
Uranium mining doesn't belong here. It would wreak havoc on our local economies, our water supply, and our beautiful, quintessentially Western landscape all while putting tens of thousands of jobs in jeopardy.
Tom Kiernan | Posted 12.14.2011
The National Parks Conservation Association strongly supports Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar's decision to prevent new uranium claims near the Grand Canyon, and takes odds with the recent Wall Street Journal editorial critical of his action.
Posted 12.04.2011
Colo. state mining regulators and Denver Water officials are demanding that Cotter Corp. clean up the defunct Schwartzwalder mine that is leaking uran...
Carl Pope | Posted 08.27.2011
It's remarkable how often crucial moments in America's quest to preserve its wild legacy are embodied on the rim of the Grand Canyon.
The Denver Post | Monte Whaley | Posted 05.25.2011
A Canadian company with plans for an enormous uranium mine in Weld County filed suit earlier this week claiming new state mining rules are "unreasonab...
John DeCock | Posted 05.25.2011
People, corporations and even environmental groups want to ignore the carbon emitted from nuclear power because to do otherwise makes the challenge of reducing carbon harder.
Aurora Sentinel | Judith Kohler | Posted 05.25.2011
The Environmental Protection Agency is violating laws requiring public input by working behind closed doors to draft regulations for a proposed urani...
The Coloradoan | Bobby Magill | Posted 05.25.2011
Powertech USA claims public comment on its proposed Centennial Project uranium mine northeast of Fort Collins may be illegal. Also illegal, the compa...
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011
Obama to ban antibiotics?; Mining the Grand Canyon; Chevron refuses to pay for environmental damage; The bulb is back.... PLUS: Wal-Mart going green!
AP | JOAN LOWY and FELICIA FONSECA | Posted 05.25.2011
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Thousands of mining claims dot 1 million acres near the Grand Canyon, and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says his department ...
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011
IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT:: Saving the planet on less than 50 cents a day!; Energy companies sued for conspiracy; Do not ask for whom the Toll House co...
ProPublica | Joaquin Sapien and Jesse Nankin | Posted 05.25.2011
Here is a rundown of rules and regulations that the Bush administration is pushing through the rulemaking process in its waning days. We will update t...
The Wonk Room | Brad Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011
The Bush Administration is rushing forward with plans to mine the Grand Canyon for uranium, ignoring a command from Congress to cease such operations....
Posted 01.07.2012