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THE PODIUM | Activists mislead the public about oil and gas development near Dunes
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How far does a national park extend past its boundary line? In the case of the Great Sand Dunes National Park, we’re told the boundary stretches past the gate, over a mountain range, and across a valley on the other side. That’s according to anti-fossil fuel activists working to stop oil and natural gas leasing…
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Out West Roundup: Corruption case involving former state lawmaker heads to trial in New Mexico
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New Mexico New Mexico political corruption case heads to trial SANTA FE – A former New Mexico state senator goes on trial this week on corruption charges in a high-stakes showdown with state prosecutors. The case comes to a head as scandal-weary voters consider creating an independent state ethics commission to shore up oversight of…
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Environmental groups sue to block Front Range reservoir
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A group of environmental groups Thursday filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Denver to block the Windy Gap Firming Project, a project being developed by the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District that would divert water from the Colorado River to the northern Front Range, beginning around 2022 or 2023. The environmental groups suing…
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Settlement over Lamar’s power plant is the best way to make right a project gone wrong
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Sometimes, bad things happen to good people. How you react when bad things happen is what counts. The same holds true for municipalities. Back in 2004, the good people of Lamar embarked on a process which turned out badly for them indeed. The Lamar Repowering Project, an initiative of the Arkansas River Power Authority to…
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Colorado attorney general supports Bureau of Land Management leases
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Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman is throwing her support behind the U.S. Bureau of Land Management as it defends itself in court against environmentalists opposed to oil and gas development projects. The environmentalists are pursuing a federal lawsuit to halt Bureau of Land Management oil and gas leases in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah. The oil…
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? Enviros to Clinton: Hickenlooper unfit for interior secretary
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Eleven environmental groups are out to get Gov. John Hickenlooper, or at least to keep him from getting a hypothetical high-level cabinet position in a Hillary Clinton White House. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper‘s actions regarding oil and natural gas development make him unfit to serve as interior secretary, said environmental groups opposing his possible appointment to…
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Motives, timing of Hickenlooper’s ‘unusual’ climate change order questioned
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There’s no issue more partisan in Colorado than energy production, so it’s not surprising that opinions of Gov. John Hickenlooper’s draft executive order on climate change are divided right along party lines. But some observers are surprised the governor is going there at all. “We do not have a state record of governors using executive…
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Two Colorado coal-fired power units to close in clean-air deal
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One coal-fired power plant in Colorado will shut down and part of a second plant will stop operating under an agreement that will make deep cuts in air pollution but cost at least 90 jobs over the next decade, officials said Thursday. The Nucla Station power plant in southwestern Colorado and its coal supplier, the New Horizon Mine, will…
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Environmental groups challenge federal oil, gas leasing on climate grounds
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The federal government needs to consider greenhouse emissions and the potential contribution to climate change before allowing oil and gas development on public land, two environmental groups asserted Thursday in a lawsuit over drilling in Western states. Industry advocates stood by their own efforts to keep federal leasing moving ahead. The lawsuit filed by WildEarth…
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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,…
