rssFeds stand by Flaming Gorge pipeline denial
By Troy Hooper |
05.17.12 | 3:07 pm
Another day, another setback for Aaron Million’s proposal to pipe water from Wyoming to Colorado.
Posts Tagged Western Resource Advocates
New report warns against oil shale risks, consequences for Colorado’s water
By Troy Hooper |
03.09.12 | 11:12 am
BOULDER — Pursuing oil shale production in the face of increasing water demands and climate change concerns is ill-advised, a new report from an environmental group here warns.
State’s draft fracking disclosure rule skewered for ‘trade secret loophole’
By David O. Williams |
11.10.11 | 1:31 pm
A Boulder-based conservation group is pushing for much stronger language in a draft rule by the state of Colorado requiring oil and gas companies to disclose chemicals used in the controversial drilling practice called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
Independent review of state fracking rules ignores setbacks, disclosure, critics say
By David O. Williams |
11.01.11 | 2:52 pm
An independent review of Colorado’s oil and gas drilling regulations pertaining to hydraulic fracturing was released late last week, with at least one conservation group finding it noteworthy for what isn’t in the report.
EPA’s Jackson touts Colorado as leader in energy and environmental politics
By John Tomasic |
10.25.11 | 1:14 am
DENVER– Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson spoke Monday at the National Jewish Respiratory Hospital here as a member of a panel discussing the environment and the economy. Jackson lauded “new energy economy” legislation advanced in Colorado during the administration of Democratic Governor Bill Ritter for the way it managed to bridge a major contemporary political divide in order to protect the environment and boost the economy.
State skewered for spending taxpayer money to study pricey, private water pipeline plans
By David O. Williams |
09.14.11 | 5:28 pm
Members of the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) today voted to spend an initial $72,000 to form a task force to study the feasibility of two separate proposals to pipe water out of the Green River in southwest Wyoming to Colorado’s Front Range.
Tri-State not eyeing coal plant to ‘meet demand outside membership,’ spokesman says
By David O. Williams |
09.02.11 | 10:06 am
The state’s second largest power provider – Tri-State Generation and Transmission – has an all-of-the-above approach to energy resources, but that doesn’t mean its interest in a coal plant expansion in Kansas is meant to transform the Westminster-based company into a larger regional power wholesaler.
Critics: Tri-State ‘pouring money into giant coal-fired power plant’ despite EPA regs
By David O. Williams |
08.31.11 | 9:29 am
Conservation groups deeply involved in the resource acquisition planning process for Westminster-based Tri-State Generation and Transmission say they’re very concerned the state’s second largest power supplier behind only Xcel Energy is planning to build an 895-megawatt conventional, coal-fired power plant just across the state line in Holcomb, Kan.
Trust – but verify, says environmental group about proposed fracking rules
By Allen Best |
08.09.11 | 7:02 am
Proposals by state and industry officials in Colorado to step up transparency about the impact of hydrofracking operations on water are welcomed, but they still fall short, says Western Resource Advocates.
Water shortages in the West: ‘You ain’t seen nothing yet’
By Allen Best |
06.14.11 | 8:09 am
An extraordinary set of circumstances produced the Colorado River Compact of 1922. The question now is whether the compact and other laws and treaties collectively called the Law of the River are sufficiently resilient to prevent teeth-barring among the seven states of the basin in circumstances that during the 21st century may be even more extraordinary.
