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Critics call for Colorado to forget Flaming Gorge pipeline after latest federal denial

By | 02.24.12 | 5:36 am

A second blow was dealt Thursday to a proposal to construct a 501-mile pipeline from Wyoming’s Flaming Gorge to Colorado’s Front Range when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) deemed the application premature. Opponents quickly questioned how Colorado leaders could take the project seriously considering the Army Corps of Engineers rejected an earlier application.

U.S. roadless rule weathers court challenge from Wyoming, Colorado Mining Association

By | 02.17.12 | 6:43 am

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals denied a state of Wyoming and Colorado Mining Association petition Thursday afternoon that sought to overturn the 2001 national forest roadless rule.

Union Pacific Railroad to pay $1.5 million for oil, coal spills, other EPA violations

By | 02.09.12 | 2:19 pm

Union Pacific Railroad Company will pay $1.5 million for six alleged oil spills in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming and for three coal spills in Colorado, the Environmental Protection Agency announced today.

House Committee approves Lamborn bill to open more land to oil shale exploration

By | 02.02.12 | 6:56 am

Oil shale isn’t yet commercially viable but on Wednesday the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources passed Rep. Doug Lamborn’s bill to speed up its production in the West anyway.

In wake of new fracking disclosure rule, activists seek still more drilling regulations

By | 12.14.11 | 6:12 am

There was widespread praise Tuesday for a hard-fought compromise deal that led to Colorado’s groundbreaking new hydraulic fracturing chemical disclosure rule, but environmental groups and some politicians have already started pushing for more regulation of the state’s booming oil and gas industry.

Colorado oil and gas regulators urged to get it right on fracking chemical disclosure

By | 12.09.11 | 12:26 pm

Colorado’s conservation community wants to make sure oil and gas regulators get it right the first time Monday when they decide on a new hydraulic fracturing chemical disclosure rule. Otherwise, they say state officials should keep working on the new rule.

EPA report: Pavillion well water tainted with chemicals consistent with fracking

By | 12.08.11 | 12:12 pm

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released draft findings in its ongoing investigation of contaminated well water near natural gas drilling in Pavillion, Wyo. The draft report “indicates detection of synthetic chemicals … consistent with gas production and hydraulic fracturing fluids.”

Inhofe questions EPA study of contaminated well water near gas drilling in Wyoming

By | 12.08.11 | 9:03 am

U.S. Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., dubbing himself “the leading advocate for hydraulic fracturing in the United States Senate,” sent a letter this week to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lisa Jackson accusing her of “contradictory” statements about the common but controversial oil and gas drilling practice.

Colorado Mining Association, Wyoming seek to overturn Clinton Roadless Rule ruling

By | 12.06.11 | 11:25 am

The Colorado Mining Association and the state of Wyoming on Monday petitioned the full 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear “en banc” an October decision upholding the Clinton administration’s 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule.

Activists: EPA fracking findings in Wyoming relevant in Colorado disclosure debate

By | 11.17.11 | 6:15 am

Western Slope gas-drilling activist Lisa Bracken, citing parallels between her infamous case and an EPA probe of groundwater contamination in Pavillion, Wyo., says both incidents should be considered at a hydraulic fracturing chemical disclosure hearing in Denver next month.

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