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Environmental Groups on Oil Shale Study: Read and React

By | 03.06.08 | 8:30 am

PhotobucketThe Bureau of Land Management (BLM) was mandated by Congress to write a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) that would study the environmental, social and economic impacts of an oil shale industry in northwest Colorado. Incidentally, the public, local

Western Slope Round Up: Activist Stirs Up Oil and Gas Industry

By | 12.18.07 | 11:09 am

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at PhotobucketWhat possesses a person to embrace a cause? How does one make a difference in Western Colorado? And what would drive someone to a face-off with the largest industry in the world-oil and gas companies like Exxon-Mobile, EnCana, and Chevron?

Ritter to Announce Major Climate Change Plan

By | 10.15.07 | 10:38 am

Gov. Bill Ritter is going to unveil one of his newest goals in November– fighting global warming: “It’s not that we should do it in Colorado, we must do it.”