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EPA Petitioned Over Air Quality In Western States

AP | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Video, Air Pollutants in Western States, Denver News, Epa, Epa Nonattainment Area, Air Quality, Air Pollution, Wildearth Guardians, Air Pollutants, Air Quality Standards, Denver News

DENVER -- An environmental group has petitioned the federal government to reduce air pollutants in eight western states. WildEarth Guardians says tha...

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The Gulf's Ocean and Inland Fish Face Multiple Threats

Susan Buchanan | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Topminnows, u.s. Endangered Species Act, Mussels, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Louisiana State University, Pearl River, Wildearth Guardians, Louisiana Dept. Of Wildlife and Fisheries, Japan, Sturgeon, Bluefin Tuna, Green News

Decades of commercial overfishing, along with oil and gas exploration and refining, hurricanes and last year's BP spill are among the misfortunes facing fish in the Gulf.

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Obama's Imperiled Species Deal With Denver Eco-Group Stalled

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Imperiled Species List, Wild Earth Guardians, Obama Imperlied Species, Denver News, Center for Biological Diversity, Wildearth Guardians, Arizona Center for Biological Diversity, Denver's Wildearth Guardians, Denver News

BILLINGS, Mont. — An environmental group asked a federal judge on Monday to delay action on a proposed legal settlement that would require the g...

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I Think I Touched Brand's Phacelia...

Jim Noles | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Environmentalism, Endangered Species, Brands Phacelia, Environmental Groups, Candidate Species, Wildearth Guardians, Endangered Plant Names, Endangered Species Act, Green News

At this point, I'm sure that someone is self-righteously typing a comment that takes me to task for mocking the plight of such endangered species. A word to the wise -- don't do it.

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Boulder Youths Sue Colorado For Global Warming

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Boulder Youth Global Warming Suit, Wild Earth Guardians, Video, Denver News, Boulder Youth Lawsuit, Oregon Nonprofit, Our Children's Trust, John Hickenlooper, Wildearth Guardians, Denver News

Three Boulder County youths are suing the State of Colorado for polluting the atmosphere, contributing to global warming and climate change. 10-ye...

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Colorado Oil, Gas Producers Worried About Potential Greenhouse Gas Regulations On Operations

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Dennis Webb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, EnCana Oil and Gas, Wildearth Guardians, Piceance Basin, Colorado Oil and Gas, Denver News

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to expand its first-ever greenhouse-gas reporting requirements to include oil and gas production and ...

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Get Your Sharp Sticks Ready

Jeremy Nichols | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil, Colorado, Gas, Fossil Fuels, Wildearth Guardians, North Park Drilling, Denver News

How do we make clean energy more affordable and available? Well, we can start by telling the oil and gas companies "no" in North Park.

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Colorado Wolf Pack Reports Doubted By Local Ranchers

The Denver Post | Nancy Lofholm | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gray Wolves, Colorado, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildearth Guardians, Colorado DIvision of WIldlife, Wolves, Yellowstone, Denver News

DE BEQUE - Wolf advocates are celebrating the return of wolves to Colorado after biologists for a recreational ranch northwest of here recently announ...

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Governor Ritter REDI-ing to Retire Coal Plants

Jeremy Nichols | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil and Gas Drilling, Governor Ritter, Oil and Gas Leasing, Copenhagen 2009, Greenhouse Gases, Comanche 3, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Aerial-Gunning, Wildearth Guardians, Coal, Global Warming, Wildlife, Colorado, Denver News

All the renewable energy in the world can't and won't make up for the fact that unless Colorado starts cutting back on coal burning, greenhouse gases are going to keep climbing.

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Texas Kangaroo Rat Among Species Being Pushed For Endangered Species Status By Denver Group

AP | JOHN McFARLAND | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Texas Kangaroo Rats, Prarie Chub, Scott's Riffle Beetle, Kangaroo Rats, Endangered Species, Platte River Caddisfly, Wildearth Guardians, Denver Environmental Group, Spot-Tailed Earless Lizard, Denver News

DALLAS — An environmental group filed a petition Monday to list the Texas kangaroo rat as a federally endangered species because the sparse brus...

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Whose Ridiculous Publicity Stunt Is It, Anyway?

Jeremy Nichols | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Xcel Energy, Governor Ritter, Greenhouse Gases, Climate Change, Comanche 3, Renewable Energy, Colorado, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Denver, Coal, Wildearth Guardians, Global Warming, Denver News

A demonstration called on Governor Ritter to stop clowning around when it comes to confronting global warming. Greenhouse gas emissions are actually on the rise in Colorado thanks to Xcel Energy.

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Ken Salazar Promises Concrete Procedural Reforms In Second Year As Interior Chief

AP | JUDITH KOHLER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gray Wolves, Interior Department, George W. Bush, Mineral Management Service, Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States, National Wildlife Federation, Statue of Liberty, Ken Salazar, Wildearth Guardians, Oil and Gas Drilling, Endangered Species Act, Eric Holder, Denver News

DENVER — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar started on the job a year ago pledging to clean up an agency hit by scandals and assailed by critics as ...

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WildEarth Guardians, Environmental Group, File Suit To Prevent Xcel From Opening New Coal Plant

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coal Energy, Coal Power, Xcel, Colorado Department of Public Health, Publo Colorado, Coal Plant, Greenhouse Gases, Xcel Law Suit, Wildearth Guardians, Clean Air Act, Denver News

DENVER — An environmental group wants a judge to prevent Xcel Energy from firing up a new coal-fired plant in southern Colorado until a court ca...

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Group Sues Feds Over Endangered Species Protection

AP | SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Animals, Endangered Species, Ken Salazar, Activism, Wildearth Guardians, Green News

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An environmental group is suing the federal government, saying the Obama administration has failed to address a backlog of a...

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