Tag: Battlement Mesa
Ghosts of ‘Black Sunday’ hover over BLM’s cautious oil shale move
Wednesday’s move by the Bureau of Land Management to proceed with more oil shale leases for Exxon Mobil and two other companies conjured up memories for some of the “Black Sunday” bust of May 2, 1982, when Exxon laid off 2,200 oil shale workers on Colorado’s Western Slope. But this time will be different, an Exxon spokesman told the Colorado Independent Thursday.
Exxon oil shale lease moves forward; critics point to past bust
Gov. Bill Ritter today said he was pleased by the “thoughtful approach” being taken by U.S. Bureau of Land Management as it moves forward...
New interest in 1041 powers as GarCo study reveals gas drilling...
A grassroots group of citizens battling a major natural gas drilling proposal in their Western Slope community has been given the nod to at...
Battlement residents say Antero well pad fouling air
Battlement Mesa residents are once again fuming about Antero Resources natural gas drilling in the community of more than 5,000 on the state’s Western...
GOP looks to lock up key energy county in contentious GarCo...
GARFIELD COUNTY - Democrats drew up the blueprint on how to dominate a state in Colorado’s 2008 general election, but Republicans wrote the game plan for snatching a local election using outside oil and gas money – and they’re apparently sticking to it in 2010 Garfield County commissioners race.
Battlement Mesa seeks to use county power to fight Antero drilling...
Garfield County Commissioner Trési Houpt Tuesday told the Colorado Independent she doesn’t have enough information to fully evaluate a proposal by Battlement Mesa residents to use county 1041 powers to regulate oil and gas drilling, but added she certainly understands their desire to pursue any avenue open to them.
In shadow of offshore disaster, growing concern over onshore drilling
The worsening Deepwater Horizon oil spill may be grabbing all the headlines lately, but several much smaller incidents in Colorado and neighboring states are...
Ritter’s oil and gas rules one year later
All was relatively quiet on the Western Slope in terms of oil and gas legislation this past session, perhaps reflecting an overall weariness after more than a year of wrangling over the controversial drilling regulations introduced last spring.
Battlement natural gas activists cheer drilling slowdown for health study
Activists monitoring a massive natural gas drilling proposal that would see rigs sited among the homes of Western Slope retirement community Battlement Mesa say Denver-based Antero Resources appears to be putting the brakes on the plan while it participates in an unprecedented health impact study.
Antero CEO decries activism even as two GarCo methane seeps revealed
Even as one oil and gas company, Antero, railed against community activists with the audacity to push for responsible drilling practices in and around...