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Study: Most of methane hot spot comes from natural gas leaks
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A puzzling concentration of the greenhouse gas methane over the Southwestern United States appears to come mostly from leaks in natural gas production, scientists said Monday. Researchers identified more than 250 sources of a methane hot spot over the Four Corners region of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. They include gas wells, storage tanks, pipelines…
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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…
