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Tipton, Gardner cite scant snowpack as reason to add reservoirs, remove regulations

By | 02.13.12 | 5:03 am

Colorado’s skimpy snowpack is setting off alarm bells for U.S. Reps. Cory Gardner and Scott Tipton. But not because they interpret the drought as a sign of human-caused climate change. The way they see it, Congress should slash environmental protections — not strengthen them.

Colorado senators applaud BLM proposal to rein in oil shale leasing in American West

By | 02.03.12 | 2:25 pm

The Bureau of Land Management proposed a sharp cut Friday in the acreage available for oil shale and tar sands leasing in the West, including a 90 percent reduction of potential land in Colorado.

House Committee approves Lamborn bill to open more land to oil shale exploration

By | 02.02.12 | 6:56 am

Oil shale isn’t yet commercially viable but on Wednesday the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources passed Rep. Doug Lamborn’s bill to speed up its production in the West anyway.

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