Lawmakers at odds on competing oil and gas severance tax amendments
Oil well on Colorado's Western Slope. (Photo/picture taking fool, Flickr) State lawmakers and energy experts are hotly debating a pair of dueling oil and gas severance tax questions on the Nov. 4...
View ArticleMines prof says Obama, Salazar stalling on oil shale the way Bush did on...
Dr. Jeremy Boak, a leading expert on oil shale technology at the Colorado School of Mines, says the Obama administration is dragging its feet on oil shale production in the United States much the way...
View ArticleRural electric co-op election in Vail, Aspen area sparks huge candidate turnout
An unprecedented nine candidates are running for two seats on the board of Holy Cross Energy, a rural electric co-op with 55,000 members on Colorado’s Western Slope. Its coverage area includes two of...
View ArticleMountain rural electric co-op flips to ‘supermajority of progressives’
The director of sustainability for Aspen Skiing Company on Monday trumpeted the results of a rural electric association board election that saw the local co-op flip to “a supermajority of progressives...
View ArticleFoes cite oil shale’s environmental uncertainty, while industry laments...
As predicted, testimony at Wednesday’s House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources oil shale field hearing in Grand Junction produced more industry hand wringing over federal regulatory...
View ArticleChevron giving up oil shale research in western Colorado to pursue other...
Chevron is giving up its experimental oil shale lease in western Colorado. The company is one of only three that holds a federal lease to research oil shale energy development on the Western Slope, but...
View ArticleWanderlust: Randy Udall, 61, dies on solo backpacking trip
Randy Udall was many things to many people — an environmental activist, champion of renewable energy, member of a western political dynasty and mountaineer. He was found dead this week in Wyoming’s...
View ArticleMines prof says Obama, Salazar stalling on oil shale the way Bush did on...
Dr. Jeremy Boak, a leading expert on oil shale technology at the Colorado School of Mines, says the Obama administration is dragging its feet on oil shale production in the United States much the way...
View ArticleRural electric co-op election in Vail, Aspen area sparks huge candidate turnout
An unprecedented nine candidates are running for two seats on the board of Holy Cross Energy, a rural electric co-op with 55,000 members on Colorado’s Western Slope. Its coverage area includes two of...
View ArticleMountain rural electric co-op flips to ‘supermajority of progressives’
The director of sustainability for Aspen Skiing Company on Monday trumpeted the results of a rural electric association board election that saw the local co-op flip to “a supermajority of progressives...
View ArticleFoes cite oil shale’s environmental uncertainty, while industry laments...
As predicted, testimony at Wednesday’s House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources oil shale field hearing in Grand Junction produced more industry hand wringing over federal regulatory...
View ArticleChevron giving up oil shale research in western Colorado to pursue other...
Chevron is giving up its experimental oil shale lease in western Colorado. The company is one of only three that holds a federal lease to research oil shale energy development on the Western Slope, but...
View ArticleWanderlust: Randy Udall, 61, dies on solo backpacking trip
Randy Udall was many things to many people — an environmental activist, champion of renewable energy, member of a western political dynasty and mountaineer. He was found dead this week in Wyoming’s...
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