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ICYMI: Hemp definition murky, Bennet visits DPS school, Bundy photos unlocked and more
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● While the state and federal governments have different definitions regarding the legality of marijuana, it’s an even murkier picture when it come to marijuana’s far less potent cousin, industrial hemp. And, as the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported, the differences surfaced over a water issue in southeastern Colorado. The Bureau of Reclamation denied a…
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Colorado federal agencies brace for historic Trump budget cuts
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President Trump’s “America First” budget blueprint, which proposes to boost military spending while historically slashing scientific research paid for through agency budgets, is meant in part to send a signal of “hard power” dedication to military might, according to administration officials, but it may cost many research and field jobs around the country and at…
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Methane rule issue shows divide in opinion polls
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Oil and natural gas companies and their supporters continue to wage a war of words – and opinion polls – with backers of a Bureau of Land Management rule regulating emissions of methane from natural gas wells drilled on federal land, while a Colorado senator remains undecided on his stance on the rule. Earlier this…
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Rescinding BLM gas waste reduction rule before Senate
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One of Colorado’s U.S. Senators is strongly opposed to a measure that would roll back an Obama administration rule to prevent the flaring and wasting of methane and natural gas developed on public and tribal lands, while the second is undecided. The rule was among several environmental regulations issued in the last days of the…
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Colorado U.S. Sen. Gardner’s phone lines not going to get any less clogged
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Frustrated Coloradans have been complaining since Inauguration Day that Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner won’t answer their calls or return email messages. They have phoned to ask about President Donald Trump’s cabinet nominations and executive orders. They’re worried about environmental and civil rights proposals and education policy. They want to know where Gardner stands and…
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BLM considers drilling leases near Rocky Mountain National Park
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The Bureau of Land Management is considering leasing nearly 28,000 acres of land for oil and gas drilling in the Granby area near the western entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park. The Daily Sentinel reports the Grand County land stretches from just west of Granby to beyond Hot Sulphur Springs, primarily to the north of…
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Feds announces plans to protect rare Colorado, Utah birds
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Federal land managers announced long-awaited plans to protect the rare Gunnison sage grouse, a bird found only in Colorado and Utah. The Bureau of Land Management released a nearly 1,000-page document late Thursday proposing restrictions on energy development, roads and grazing. The proposals include closing or limiting the use of some areas during the birds’ mating season,…
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Sgamma: Why natural gas development is falling short on the Western Slope
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For the last several years, the Piceance Basin on Colorado’s Western Slope has lagged other oil and natural gas producing areas of the state and country. True, the price of natural gas has been in the doldrums for quite some time. But in other plays across the country, such as the Bakken in North Dakota…
