Category: Colorado
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Pro-Hemp Legislation Introduced in House Farm Bill
Vote Hemp released an action alert encouraging support for a new bi-partisan amendment in support of industrial hemp to the Farm Bill in the House, being introduced by …
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Historic Wildfires Scorch Colorado While Fracking Industry Continues to Drain Water Supply
Residents are watching their backyards burn while the oil and gas industry is using up Colorado’s most precious resource—water. The fire affects not just Colorado residents, who face water restrictions that accompany drought …
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IKEA to More Than Double Size of Colorado’s Largest Single-Use Rooftop Commercial Array
Installation of panels on the roof’s remaining space can begin in July, with completion expected by Fall. Already the state’s largest single-use rooftop array on a commercial building, the project will become Colorado’s largest rooftop array of any use.The 83,700-square-foot solar addition will consist of a 623-kW system, built with 2,492 panels, and will produce…
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U.S. Fracking Industry Reacts to Water Scarcity Issues
“When all of us had nothing [before the oil boom], there was nothing to fight about … Now, so many friendships have been destroyed because of water and oil.”
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Craft Brewers Call on President Obama to Protect American Waters
“America’s waterways are critical to our environment, our economy and our health. Not only does the great-tasting beer we brew depend on it, but so do the communities in which we operate.”