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Shell official confirms thirsty nature of oil shale, denies push to...

A Shell Oil official confirmed Friday that the “in situ” oil shale production the company is researching at its Mahogany facility near Rangely currently consumes about three barrels of water for every barrel of oil produced.

Energy astroturf group pans climate initiative, quits terrorism sneers

Jim Sims and his merry band of Golden-based oil and gas industry lobbyists are at it again, firing off a report Tuesday that attacks the Western Climate Initiative as potentially crippling to the nation’s electrical grid, not too mention the economy.

Conservative groups slam Ken Salazar for his “war on the poor”...

Colorado Senator Ken Salazar, as well as other high-ranking Democrats in the U.S. House and Senate, have come under fire from conservative groups claiming that Salazar's energy policies hurt poor Americans.