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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.

Slick campaigning: Tipton taps oil and gas sector to fill coffers

By | 10.19.11 | 6:39 am

Oil and gas money is greasing the wheels of U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton’s reelection campaign, which more than doubled its fundraising bounty for the quarter that just ended, public records show.

Senators call for more stakeholder input on Thompson Divide energy play

By | 10.13.11 | 5:10 pm

Carbondale’s denizens shouldn’t have to lie down in front of bulldozers any time soon.

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Sen. Bennet balances energy talk on slippery Western Slope

By | 08.19.11 | 8:56 am

During a three-day trip through the Western Slope this week, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet promoted clean energy as a means to create more jobs in Colorado and break the nation’s dependence on foreign oil.