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Big Creek flooding on indefinite drawdown
2013-10-10 23:55:24| Waste Management - Topix.net
The Department of Natural Resources' is drawing down Big Creek Impoundment in Crawford County to address structural issues with the dam's outlet pipe.
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In Wake of Colorado Flooding, U.S. Reps Call for Hearing on Oil and Gas Spills
2013-10-07 15:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Two House Democrats, Rep. Polis (D-CO) and Rep. DeFazio (D-OR), have called on the House Natural Resources Committee to investigate numerous oil and gas spills during Colorados devastating floods in September. The hearing would call on members of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) and local elected officials to share their assessments of the damage the flooding has caused--and may cause in the future. In a letter to committee Chairman...
UP Rocked By Weak Coal, Flooding
2013-10-04 18:34:13| Railroads - Topix.net
Union Pacific predicts its third-quarter profit will fall short Wall Street's expectations because of weak coal shipments and last month's flooding in Colorado.
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Working poor hit hard by Colorado flooding
2013-09-27 14:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Victoria Varela shook her head in disbelief as she surveyed the wreckage of the trailer she had fled minutes before flood waters rushed through her mobile home park in the hardscrabble town of Evans, Colorado destroying everything in its path. "We didn't think it would be so bad, so I just grabbed some of the kids' clothes and left, but it turns out everything in there is ruined," the mother of four said, as her husband Jesus pulled mud-encased items from inside their home. The Valeras are among...
Fracking and Flooding in Colorado: The More We Know the Worse It Gets
2013-09-24 23:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) reported three new spills today from damaged oil and gas wells caused by the torrential rains and subsequent flooding that continues to batter the state of Colorado. Oil workers try to lift a storage tank for condensate that was knocked over by floodwaters from the Platte River at an oil well site near LaSalle, CO, on Friday, Sept. 20. Condensate is the mix of oil and water that is pumped out of the ground. The tank was intact and had not...
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