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Posts Tagged Powder River Basin

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Obama accused of stalling on Colorado oil shale but fast-tracking Wyoming coal, tar sands in Canada

By | 06.03.11 | 10:25 am

While critics on the right have accused the Obama administration of moving too slowly on the still-unproven potential of oil shale on Colorado’s Western Slope, observers on the left say the White House has been pushing too fast on an agenda promoting Wyoming’s Powder River Basin coal and tar sands oil production in Canada.

IREA Voices touts new study on looming coal shortages

By | 10.22.09 | 3:15 pm

IREA Voices, a citizen activist group formed to combat the climate change policies of the state’s largest rural electric co-op, is pointing its members to a new study conducted by a former biochemist in Colorado who says the nation’s coal…