K2 Radio » congressional hearing http://k2radio.com Wyoming's Radio Station Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:10:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Bark Beetle Battle Focusing On Flexibility http://k2radio.com/bark-beetle-battle-focusing-on-flexibility/ http://k2radio.com/bark-beetle-battle-focusing-on-flexibility/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:09:26 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=91428 MONTROSE, Colo. (AP) — Forest managers are asking for greater flexibility to deal with a bark beetle epidemic that has ravaged forests.

According to the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, witnesses told a congressional hearing on Monday that the epidemic poses a serious to local communities and firefighters

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But Democrats on the panel Wednesday, along with some Colorado environmental activists, insisted that health concerns around the drilling procedure known as fracking mean there is a need for common health and safety standards

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