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Gas-patch politicians ask Salazar to ease up on industry even as Colorado levies record fines

By | 04.26.10 | 3:59 pm

Monday, just a couple of days after running a story in which more than 90 county commissioners and other elected officials from around the West urged Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to ease up on the oil and gas industry,…

Shell official confirms thirsty nature of oil shale, denies push to ‘corner water market’

By | 03.23.09 | 7:54 am

A Shell Oil official confirmed Friday that the “in situ” oil shale production the company is researching at its Mahogany facility near Rangely currently consumes about three barrels of water for every barrel of oil produced.

Energy astroturf group pans climate initiative, quits terrorism sneers

By | 02.19.09 | 8:45 am

Jim Sims and his merry band of Golden-based oil and gas industry lobbyists are at it again, firing off a report Tuesday that attacks the Western Climate Initiative as potentially crippling to the nation’s electrical grid, not too mention the economy.