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Western Slope businesses band together, urge Hickenlooper to stop proposed pipeline

By | 05.22.12 | 2:29 pm

Over 100 businesses on the Western Slope wrote Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper today, asking that he stop devoting state resources to study Aaron Million’s embattled Flaming Gorge pipeline proposal.

Exxon oil shale lease moves forward; critics point to past bust

By | 10.13.10 | 5:08 pm

Gov. Bill Ritter today said he was pleased by the “thoughtful approach” being taken by U.S. Bureau of Land Management as it moves forward with its next phase of research and development leases for the oil shale industry in Colorado…

Ritter, oil and gas industry to announce major wildlife accord

By | 08.10.10 | 12:32 am

State officials have struck a deal with Exxon Mobil, EnCana, Williams and other major oil and gas companies operating in the Piceance Basin of Colorado’s Western Slope, agreeing to minimize impacts to wildlife when drilling in important habitat areas.

Gov.…

Western Slope oil and gas industry balks at EPA greenhouse gas report

By | 03.25.10 | 10:06 am

Oil and gas officials on Colorado’s Western Slope this week were predictably critical of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposal to expand its controversial greenhouse-gas reporting regulations to include oil and gas production.

According to the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel,…

As Colorado drilling rebounds, Montana judge rules in favor of climate change

By | 03.22.10 | 10:10 am

Just as Colorado’s oil and gas industry is starting to show signs of life – emerging from depressed natural gas prices and, it appears, in spite of those “job-killing” new environmental regulations that just may set a higher…

Water expert: Snowpack dangerously close to drought levels

By | 01.19.10 | 8:52 am

Badly needed snowfall is expected in Colorado’s high country this week, but one expert says the state will need much more than the amount in the forecast to stave off drought on par with the one that marked the parched…

Bill aims to improve wages, working conditions for immigrant shepherds

By | 01.15.10 | 12:05 pm

State Rep. Daniel Kagan, D-Denver, is proposing a bill to improve conditions for immigrant shepherds on Colorado’s Western Slope, according to the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.

His efforts are reportedly based on a two-year survey of 93 shepherds conducted…

Our beautiful resource hogs: Aspenites fight report of water-guzzling

By | 12.23.09 | 11:34 am

Aspenites, long vilified as second-home-owning, heated-driveway-loving, jet-setting energy hogs, use 10 times more water than the average American, reported the Denver Post on Monday, citing a new report from the Colorado Water Conservation Board.

Not so fast, say…

Reports: ExxonMobil wary of FRAC Act, conflicted on climate change bill

By | 12.17.09 | 10:35 am

ExxonMobil’s acquisition of natural gas giant XTO Energy – the hot topic in the gas-field communities of Colorado’s Western Slope this week – has implications far beyond an industry typically dominated by smaller, independent operators.

According to National Public

Times follows e-mail trail in 11th-hour oil shale leasing probe of Norton

By | 10.16.09 | 9:06 am

The Los Angeles Times continues to follow the e-mail trail in the 11th-hour Bush administration bid to lock in low royalty rates for highly speculative, as-yet-unproven oil shale production in the Green River Formation of northwest Colorado, eastern…