Soaring uranium prices has energy companies eager to come prospecting in mineral rich Colorado. A pair of bills introduced in the state legislature yesterday aim to toughen the state’s mining reclamation standards, in advance of an expected uranium boom in northern Colorado and on the western slope. The measures are drawing praise from conservationists, and scorn from industry. KUNC’s Kirk Siegler has more.
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