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Western Tradition Partnership targets Salazar on alleged monument memo

By | 03.31.10 | 1:55 pm

Western Tradition Partnership (WTP), a conservative nonprofit with its political fingers in everything from energy production to commercial development by mega-churches, is now reportedly targeting the preservation of Colorado’s public lands.

Penry-passed pit-liner bill to protect groundwater upheld by Denver judge

By | 01.21.10 | 4:00 pm

A bill mandating stricter handling of oil and gas brine that was passed in 2008 by strange bedfellows Josh Penry, R-Grand Junction, in the state Senate and Bernie Buescher, D-Grand Junction, in the House was upheld by a Denver District…

Study finds coal-bed methane production could foul water in Moffat County

By | 11.24.09 | 1:19 pm

A study being conducted by the Colorado Geological Survey (CGS) shows the very real potential for groundwater contamination by coal-bed methane production in the Sand Wash Basin area of Moffat County, according to the Craig Daily Press.

Oil shale water-rights battle brewing over Shell’s Yampa River claim

By | 02.11.09 | 12:45 pm

Towns and counties along the Yampa River in rural Northwest Colorado are starting to gird for battle against mighty Shell Oil, which in December filed a claim on the Yampa for enough water to fill a proposed reservoir for future oil shale production.