Legislative battle shaping up over new oil and gas regs
Republican lawmakers Wednesday were lining up to take shots at the new oil- and gas-drilling regulations finalized this week by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.
State Senate minority leader Josh Penry, R-Grand Junction, and newly elected state House Rep. Laura Bradford, R-Collbran, who bounced presumptive Speaker of the House candidate Bernie Buescher, D-Grand Junction, from office in November, issued a release predicting dire consequences if the new Legislature approves the rules.
TCI Street Poll: Thumbs up/down for new energy secretary
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Chu is Pres.-elect Barack Obama's surprise pick as Energy Secretary. Is this out of the box thinking a good omen for energy-rich Colorado?
Add your thoughts in the comments below the fold.
Add your thoughts in the comments below the fold. Bush administration’s latest rollback plan: uranium mining near Grand Canyon
First came the 11th-hour bid to relax clean air standards for power plants near the nation’s national parks, then a battle backing power plants over nearby aquatic life that wound up before the Supreme Court, and now the Bush administration is pushing for a rule to block Congress from limiting uranium mining near the Grand Canyon.
What’s next, a Taco Bell atop Mount Rushmore?
Ritter slows down Bush roadless rule; conservationists cheer
Colorado’s successful effort to get the Bush administration to stop fast-tracking a proposed roadless rule for the management of 4.4 million acres of the state’s untrammeled backcountry is winning praise from public policy watchdog groups and conservationists.
The Colorado Independent disclosed last week that the U.S. Department of Agriculture hoped to publish the controversial Colorado roadless rule in the Federal Register by Jan. 16, four days before the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama.
Snow study sets off slide of expansion concern in Telluride
The politics of powder could polarize the remote mountain town of Telluride if — as opponents suggest — the ski resort uses a proposed snow study to move forward with expansion plans in the slide-prone and deadly Upper Bear Creek drainage off the ski area’s back side.
Add DPS Superintendent Bennet to list of state’s possible cabinet nominees
Are there any prominent Colorado Democrats not under consideration for Obama administration appointments these days? The state might not have been "ground zero" for the presidential election — Ohio, Virginia and Florida took over that role after Colorado started leaning solidly Blue in mid-October — but to hear the chattering class chatter, the state has lately become an epicenter for second-tier cabinet picks.
Moose shooting probed in the high country
There’s one less moose on the loose in Colorado’s high country after someone illegally blasted a Bullwinkle near Williams Fork Reservoir about 15 miles north of Silverthorne Saturday night. Colorado Division of Wildlife officers are offering a $1,000 reward for information about the incident.
Daschle in Denver to outline Obama health care reform plan
Overhauling the monstrously complex health care system was a central promise of Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on the campaign stump. Now, the president-elect is expected to deliver amidst a growing financial crisis and economic bailout approaching a trillion dollars.
Former Sen. Tom Daschle, expected to be tapped to head Health and Human Services, will make the incoming administration's first major health policy speech in Denver this morning as the keynote speaker at the Colorado Health Summit sponsored by Sen. Ken Salazar.
Former Sen. Tom Daschle, expected to be tapped to head Health and Human Services, will make the incoming administration's first major health policy speech in Denver this morning as the keynote speaker at the Colorado Health Summit sponsored by Sen. Ken Salazar.
Williams talks about the ‘politics of water’ on Air America
TCI's David O. Williams was a guest on the Jay Marvin Show on AM760 Wednesday to discuss his reporting that water and oil shale don't mix.
Listen to the segment that declares "water is the new oil in the West."
Rep. Salazar confirms he’s in running to head Department of Agriculture
Rep. John Salazar, a Mannassa potato farmer who last month won election to a third term representing Colorado's 3rd Congressional District, confirmed Wednesday morning he "may" be under consideration to head the Department of Agriculture in an Obama administration, The Denver Post reports. His name is among those pushed by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) in a letter sent Tuesday to President-elect Barack Obama's transition team in a bid to secure spots in an administration Hispanic leaders feel owes its existence, at least in part, to overwhelming support from Hispanic voters.