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Ritter decries GOP politicizing of drilling regs while touting wildlife deals

By | 08.10.10 | 6:43 pm

As Colorado voters turned in last-minute ballots to pick a Republican candidate for governor Tuesday, the current governor stood on the west steps of the state capitol in Denver and tossed a huge wrench in the GOP campaign machine’s attacks on his “New Energy Economy.”

Despite recyling success, Williams opposes new pit-liner rule

By | 06.03.10 | 9:57 am

One of the new oil and gas rules the industry finds most objectionable compels operators to remove and properly dispose of massive plastic pit liners used to contain toxic drilling fluids. Operators have previously simply buried the liners in…

Penry joins clean-energy effort, touts increase in gas industry jobs

By | 03.18.10 | 11:27 am

State Sen. Josh Penry, R-Grand Junction, the former quarterback and golden boy of the state GOP, has his name splashed all over a piece of clean-energy legislation that has the backing of his political nemesis, Gov. Bill Ritter, and a slew of conservation groups, including Environment Colorado, Colorado Conservation Voters and the Sierra Club.