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Reports trace spring contamination to two Western Slope gas companies

By | 10.14.09 | 3:46 pm

The Glenwood Springs Post-Independent Wednesday, piggybacking on reporting by the Denver Post on Sunday, revealed a private consulting firm in Littleton narrowed down the potential source of a spring contaminated by natural gas production to two Western Slope operators.

Groups call on BLM chief to suspend drilling permit practice skirting NEPA

By | 10.06.09 | 8:20 am

A coalition of environmental groups is demanding the U.S. Bureau of Land Management immediately suspend use of so-called “390 categorical exclusions” for permitting oil and gas drilling operations on BLM land.

In a letter signed by, among others, Western Resource…

Study: Estonia a stark example of environmental hazards of oil shale

By | 07.27.09 | 4:21 pm

Looking for further evidence that oil shale production is — or at least should be — a nonstarter on Colorado’s Western Slope until oil and gas companies radically refine the massively water-intensive process?

Conservationists say there’s no better example…

New Report Highlights Latinas’ Political Participation in Colorado

By | 01.19.08 | 12:51 pm

A report released yesterday by the Latina Initiative underlines the importance of reaching out to Latina women in order to tap the burgeoning potential of the large and growing Latino electorate.