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Environmentalists fret over coming retirement of ‘rock star’ Justice Stevens

By | 04.12.10 | 11:32 am

Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens will retire this summer, a fact that has led conservatives to begin prepping for the coming appointment battle. Environmentalists are also already calculating the implications of the retirement. Jonathan Hiskes points out

Oil companies mum on Western Skies; millions pumped into Amendment 58

By | 09.09.08 | 11:02 am

Oil and gas companies doing business in Colorado have dropped a mind-blowing $10 million into Amendment 58 — a statewide initiative that would cut their state severance tax and raise roughly $321 million a year for college scholarships, wildlife habitat and other programs. But when it comes to whether big oil may be pumping in cash to help Republicans retake control of the state Senate, well, they’re just not saying. And in fact, they don’t have to.

Members Claim Club 20 Controlled by Oil and Gas

By | 04.17.08 | 4:42 pm

Photobucket Ponytailed, liberal and a member of the Green Party, San Miguel County Commissioner Art Goodtimes served for 10 years on the board of Club 20, a traditionally conservative organization that promotes Western Slope opinions on issues and policy. Goodtimes

Local Officials Rebuke Oil Companies Over Waste-Pit Spills

By | 04.04.08 | 2:44 pm

PhotobucketRepresentatives from Chevron, Oxy, Conoco-Philips, EnCana, Williams Production, Antero, Berry and Marathon, among other top oil and gas companies, sat at a horseshoe-shaped conference table on Thursday night. This boardroom wasn’t in Denver or on Wall Street. It was in

Salazar Brothers Team Up to Find Balance in Energy Development

By | 03.19.08 | 10:34 am

PhotobucketWestern Colorado has seen the extractive industry come and go, so U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., and his brother, U.S. Congressman John Salazar, D-Manassas, hope to preserve Colorado’s natural beauty in unique places such as the Roan Plateau for future