Tag: Gail Schwartz

Six energy companies with plans for large-scale oil shale development on the Western Slope, led by ExxonMobil and Shell, have “cornered the market” on water in northwestern Colorado. The study by Boulder-based Western Resource Advocates concludes that the oil shale activity envisioned by energy companies and some state and federal lawmakers would consume as much water as the entire Denver metro area on an annual basis.

For Colorado lawmakers, the economy will be the priority when the legislature convenes in January. And, judging from some of the comments about said topic, Monday was a day for commitments — along with clichés and some creative metaphors.

One vow each State Senate 5th candidate took during the 2006 election was to keep their comments and campaign advertising from going negative. Heard...

You mess with water from the Western Slope and chances are you will be jilted by the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. That's what Republican...