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State attorneys general take up fossil fuels boom as IPCC and feds lean green
2014-04-16 17:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Denver Post: Days after the U.N.-backed climate change panel of scientists urged a radical shift toward wind and solar energy to slow accelerating greenhouse-gas pollution, U.S. state attorneys general on Wednesday focused on ramped-up production of fossil fuels. The intensifying oil and gas boom in Colorado and neighboring states is out-pacing health and environment rules that the state attorneys have to defend. And as elected officials they're trying to help capitalize on huge economic opportunities -- especially...
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