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San Juan Wilderness Act reaches committee

By | 03.27.12 | 8:14 am

A plan to protect more than 60,000 acres in southwestern Colorado reached the Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee last week where U.S. Sen. Mark Udall emphasized how public lands can be a boon to the economy

Pace calls for delay of proposed oil, gas leases in Colorado’s North Fork Valley

By | 03.26.12 | 9:12 am

Drilling opponents in Colorado’s North Fork Valley have an ally in Sal Pace.

Controversial hydropower bill passes House

By | 03.07.12 | 2:52 pm

The House approved U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton’s bill to streamline small hydropower development processes for canals and ditches on Wednesday.

Tipton calls campaign violation an accident

By | 03.05.12 | 7:29 am

Before a fireside chat with a youthful crowd of skiers and snowboarders here, U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton downplayed his staff’s recently disclosed violation of House rules.

Chevron giving up oil shale research in western Colorado to pursue other projects

By | 02.29.12 | 8:07 am

Chevron is giving up its experimental oil shale lease in Western Colorado. The company is one of only three companies holding a federal lease to research oil shale development in Colorado but officials say they would rather pursue other projects.

Sen. Udall wants to create more Colorado wilderness, establish new national monument

By | 02.27.12 | 6:31 am

Saying the economy is intrinsically intertwined with the environment, U.S. Sen. Mark Udall rolled out a proposal Sunday to designate 236,000 acres of new wilderness in central Colorado and establish a 20,000-acre national monument along the Browns Canyon stretch of the Arkansas River.

Coalition offers to pay energy companies $2.5 million to protect Thompson Divide

By | 02.23.12 | 6:34 am

A coalition of groups in and around Carbondale is proposing a settlement to reimburse companies who own natural gas leases in the Thompson Divide area in exchange for retiring 43 leases currently in question and protecting the area from future energy development there.

U.S. roadless rule weathers court challenge from Wyoming, Colorado Mining Association

By | 02.17.12 | 6:43 am

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals denied a state of Wyoming and Colorado Mining Association petition Thursday afternoon that sought to overturn the 2001 national forest roadless rule.

Lamborn’s excuses blowing in the wind while Polis sets sights on oil shale ‘boondoggle’

By | 02.15.12 | 10:45 am

Asked why he was Colorado’s lone congressional holdout in calling for the extension of the wind tax credit, U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn answered his “preference is to help industry grow by reducing federal regulations and mandates as opposed to carving out special interests in the tax code.”

Tipton, Gardner cite scant snowpack as reason to add reservoirs, remove regulations

By | 02.13.12 | 5:03 am

Colorado’s skimpy snowpack is setting off alarm bells for U.S. Reps. Cory Gardner and Scott Tipton. But not because they interpret the drought as a sign of human-caused climate change. The way they see it, Congress should slash environmental protections — not strengthen them.