Colorado lawmakers are considering legislation to restore protections to key waters and wetlands struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court last year in a decision leaving more than half of the nation s water supply at risk of industrial pollution. Margaret Kran-Annexstein, director of the Colorado chapter of the Sierra Club, said House Bill 1379 is in sync with Colorado voters, pointing to a recent survey which found nearly nine in 10 voters want to limit damage and pollution from development, industry and mining on wetlands and streams. .
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Environmental groups filed three statewide ballot proposals Thursday in response to ballot measures by the oil and gas industry and its supporters that have been assailed as attempts to undermine goals on clean energy and addressing climate change.