public lands

Hickenlooper says it’s ‘unlikely’ Colorado national monuments will face Trump-ordered review

Apr 27, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Gov. John Hickenlooper said late Thursday that he’s confident that Colorado’s national monuments won’t be threatened as a result of an executive order signed this week by President Trump instructing his interior secretary to conduct a review. Hickenlooper said he discussed the executive order Wednesday in Washington, D.C., with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and two…
Dempsey: Colorado coal communities saved from costly power plan

Apr 3, 2017

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Stan Dempsey

Many Americans have already forgotten about the Clean Power Plan (CPP), the Obama administration’s signature effort to reduce carbon emissions from the nation’s power plants – but not the nation’s coal communities. They’ve lived with this regulation as an ever-present threat even after its implementation was stayed by a federal court. Colorado’s coal communities saw…
Pyle: Is Colorado’s oil and gas industry sitting at the table, or on the menu?

Mar 17, 2017

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Tom Pyle

There’s an old and unfortunate truth about Washington, D.C.: “If you don’t have a seat at the table, you’re probably on the menu.” For the past eight years, the Obama administration’s “keep-it-in-the-ground” policies have kept the oil and gas industry “on the menu” and stymied responsible energy development and threatened to make energy more expensive…
Methane rule issue shows divide in opinion polls

Mar 15, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

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…
WOTUS order could take years to resolve

Mar 14, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

A controversial federal rule designed to provide clarity for protection of America’s water resources, and now under a presidential order for change or elimination, could cause further confusion and take the rest of President Donald Trump’s term in office to be resolved, according to two Colorado State University researchers and news reports. The order was…
Jones slams confirmation of Pruitt, says Colorado must go own way on environment

Feb 18, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Calling former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt “the wrong choice for EPA administrator,” a Democratic state senator said Friday that Colorado will have to chart its own environmental course and reject the direction it looks like Washington is taking. “Scott Pruitt’s history of climate change denial, opposing environmental protection and his uncomfortably close ties with the…
Trade show fight with Colorado has Utah on its back

Feb 17, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

The fight over a Salt Lake City outdoor retail equipment trade show that Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper inadvertently picked hit a new threshold Thursday evening. The parent company of the Outdoor Retailer show said it’s leaving Utah over some politicians’ determination to make more federal public lands open to energy development, grazing and local management.…
Conservation Colorado joins public lands fight for Outdoor Retailer show

Feb 15, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

We told you last week that Utah is shaking in its hiking boots that Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is trying to lure away the twice annual Outdoor Retailer trade show from Utah. Now Conservation Colorado has his back. It seems some of the industry titans who produce outdoor gear aren’t crazy about the way some…
Tipton, Lamborn and Polis pass Colorado public lands bills

Feb 7, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Last week was Sens. Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner teaming up on legislation to promote Colorado’s public lands. This week it’s Reps. Doug Lamborn, Scott Tipton and Jared Polis doing the bipartisanship thing over state projects. Monday the House passed three bills led by Tipton, a Republican from Cortez, Lamborn, a Republican from Colorado Springs, and…
Outdoor trade show could tip to Colorado over public lands

Feb 7, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

The position some Utah leaders have taken on public lands has created an opportunity for Colorado to snag the Outdoor Retailer Show. The four-day show in Salt Lake City is the equivalent of New York Fashion Week for the energy bar crowd, and Gov. John Hickenlooper is prowling, the Salt Lake Tribune reported. The Outdoor Retailer…