State oil and gas chief: Battlement Mesa drilling health study not pressing
The head of the state agency that oversees oil and gas drilling in Colorado says it’s too early to commit to a baseline health study in a Western Slope community wary of plans to site up to 200 natural gas wells near homes and on its municipal golf course.
NYT reports Obama will attend climate conference, emissions target in hand
The New York Times government and political blog the Caucus was reporting Wednesday morning that President Obama will attend the United Nations global climate...
House Bill Would Cap Credit Card Rates at 16 Percent
Equating today’s rising credit card rates to usury, several House Democrats today announced plans to introduce legislation capping credit card rates at 16 percent.
“Things...
Climate bill languishes ahead of Copehagen as new poll shows more doubt
As high pressure and sunny skies settle over Colorado for the Thanksgiving holiday – with not a lot of snow on the early-season ski...
Dan Maes determined to continue running against ‘that monster’ McInnis
In the wake of the flashy state GOP unity celebration this week in which former U.S. Congressman Scott McInnis eliminated major opposition in his race for governor, Dan Maes says he is determined to stay in the race. Maes is a businessman from Evergreen who has so far raised a mere $16,000 or so in campaign funds. He was mild but firm in speaking to the Denver Post about his plans yesterday. But he was not so mild two weeks ago at a candidate forum in Loveland.
Another over-the-top tea party message, brought to you by ALG
The petition delivered Monday by the Tea Party of Southern Colorado to the offices of U.S. Rep. John Salazar and U.S. Sens Mark Udall and Michael Bennet was a garbled screed signed by nearly 300 people. In the section reprinted by the Pueblo Chieftain, the petition warns of future "enslavement" and "forced submission" and "dictatorial bureaucracy." There are a few commas but there isn't a period to be found in any of that bit. The signatories are seeking to encourage their lawmakers to oppose health reform legislation, but 66-year-old Jerry Denney, the author of the petition, says it's not about health care; it's about socialism.
"This health care bill isn't about health care. It's about the destruction of the constitutional republic we've lived in for the past 200 or so years."
Study finds coal-bed methane production could foul water in Moffat County
A study being conducted by the Colorado Geological Survey (CGS) shows the very real potential for groundwater contamination by coal-bed methane production in the...
Hands on the wheel, please; state texting-while-driving ban coming soon
Colorado’s ban on texting while driving—courtesy of House Bill 1094—goes into effect next Tuesday, the first day of December.
So will Colorado drivers limit their...
Udall beetle bill looks to boost biofuel, biopower solutions
Backers of biofuel and biopower see the millions of lodgepole pine trees killed by the Rocky Mountain bark beetle epidemic as a source of carbon-neutral power. Their efforts to turn the devastation into usable energy may take off if Congress passes a bill floated by Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Udall late last week.
The Colorado Republican ‘Platform for Prosperity’
Gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis, former gubernatorial candidate Josh Penry and almost gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo pow-wowed last week and at some point drafted a...