Democrats scotch Lamborn’s Leadville Mine Tunnel bill
LEADVILLE– Citizens here will continue to wait for the federal government to take responsibility for a mine drainage tunnel running through town and brimming with contaminated water. Portal to the...
View ArticleHouse orders feds to clean-up Leadville tunnel
Rep. Lamborn Partisan games were finally put to rest on Tuesday, as a long overdue environmental clean-up bill for Leadville, Colo., passed the U.S. House of Representatives on a voice vote. The...
View ArticleSalazar flooded with support for ban on Grand Canyon uranium mining
In 2003, there were a mere 100 mining claims in the million or so acres of public land surrounding Grand Canyon National Park. Now there are more than 8,500 – mostly for uranium – with more than 1,100...
View ArticleReport: Latino population pressure likely to impact GOP politics
A report released this month by America’s Voice, an immigration reform advocacy group, argues that swiftly growing Latino constituent populations across the country may soon pressure Republicans to...
View ArticleFed lawmakers speak out for and against harsh Arizona immigration bill
On Capitol Hill, Prominent Latino Reps Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) and Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) denounced Arizona’s controversial immigration bill and urged Gov. Jan Brewer (R-Ariz.) to veto the...
View ArticleNew Mexico’s Udall seeks GAO probe to make sure taxpayers get fair share of...
With profits soaring for hard-rock mining and oil and gas companies doing business on public lands, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., is leading the charge to get the Government Accountability Office (GAO)...
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