u.s. geological survey
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Gardner: Colorado natural gas could buy diplomatic influence in Europe
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner’s plans for Colorado’s natural gas production reach far beyond economic development into U.S. foreign policy. “Colorado could play a key role in countering Russian aggression,” the Colorado Republican told Colorado Politics. The U.S. Geological Survey says recent discoveries show Colorado might have the nation’s second-largest natural gas reserves, most…
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Iceland looks to Colorado for geothermal energy projects
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WASHINGTON – Iceland, a country with abundant resources in geothermal energy, is setting its sights on Colorado as it tries to tap into the planet’s biggest market for electricity. New technologies are raising hopes that geothermal energy could produce much of the electricity used in the United States. Some of the sites ripe for geothermal…
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TIPTON | We can responsibly tap Colorado’s vast natural resources
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Western Colorado is home to vast natural resources that can and will power the economy through the 21st century and beyond if responsibly developed. It is the role of the federal government to monitor and manage the development of natural resources, which is why I recently hosted a House Natural Resources field hearing along with Chairman…
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Colorado Springs resident James Reilly faces first Senate hearing to lead USGS
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Colorado Springs resident and former NASA astronaut James Reilly is set for his first hearing to lead the U.S. Geological Survey Tuesday before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The committee includes Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, who supports President Trump’s nomination. If Reilly’s nomination is approved by the committee, as expected, it will…
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Climate change taking toll on American pika’s Western lands
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Populations of a rabbit-like animal known as the American pika are vanishing in many mountainous areas of the West as climate change alters its habitat, according to findings released Thursday by the U.S. Geological Survey. The range for the mountain-dwelling herbivore is decreasing in southern Utah, northeastern California and in the Great Basin that covers…
