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An explosion at a well site in eastern Utah has killed one worker and injured two others...

Youngstown, Ohio voters have rejected a proposed ban on fracking in city limits, but activists there say they won't stop trying to get the ban passed...

The federal government today released a spreadsheet of medical care costs that shows huge disparities in costs, even within the same geographical area...

The prison at Guantanamo Bay houses 166 prisoners. Of those, 86 have been cleared for release, but the U.S. government has refused to do so. And now, more than 100 are participating in a hunger strike in protest of their treatment...

There wasn't much that anybody could have done...

When Longmont-area farmer Rod Brueske lodged a complaint about the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission’s (COGCC) settlement with Encana Oil & Gas Inc. following an air quality violation, the commission warned him that he would have the burden of proof for ...

A prominent anti-fracking activist from South Africa was in Boulder County this week as part of a national tour of the areas most affected by hydraulic fracturing and other oil/gas operations...

President Barack Obama, addressing the media today, has raised an issue Congress previously rejected: closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay...

Conservative shoppers are less likely to buy a product with labeling that points out that it helps the environment...

First of all, since we're in Boulder: No, not every shirt is a shirt you wash only three times a year...

President Barack Obama, speaking about the ongoing revolt in Syria and the allegations that the government has used chemical weapons, said the U.S. will gather facts before acting...

It's been 11 years since the first detainees were brought to Guantanamo Bay. But the future of the prison, and the fate of the men inside it, is far from certain. With 59 detainees at Gitmo currently on hunger strike, by the military’s count, here’s a primer on what’...