Tag: WildEarth Guardians
Gov. Jared Polis pitches budget that aims to tackle emissions with...
Gov. Jared Polis wants to increase the number of state oil and gas inspectors to ensure companies drilling in Colorado comply with the state’s...
Colorado will consider requiring drillers to track and report methane emissions...
Vehicles and power plants are by far the biggest producers of greenhouse gases in Colorado, contributing roughly 50% of all planet-warming emissions in our...
Colorado’s vaunted oil and gas rules are flawed and inadequately enforced...
Colorado’s much-touted regulations on emissions from oil and gas operations have not kept pace with explosive growth in oil and gas activity, resulting in...
No federal protection for the greater sage grouse
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced today that the greater sage grouse does not require protection under the Endangered Species Act.
Once upon a...
Threats of another lawsuit looms over Colowyo after expansion OK’d
The Colowyo Mine, at the heart of a climate-change motivated lawsuit between the environmental group WildEarth Guardians and the U.S. Department of the Interior,...
Coloradans rejoice and despair over the EPA’s Clean Power Plan
As expected, today, the Obama administration announced the release of final rules creating the Clean Power Plan.
In announcing the CPP, President Barack Obama said...
Department of the Interior blasted for not appealing WildEarth Guardians lawsuit
Colorado senators, Republican Cory Gardner and Democrat Michael Bennet, joined Republican Rep. Scott Tipton last week in writing a letter to the Department of...
Bar owners cut New Belgium beers amidst Colowyo-coal-mine fight
When craft brewery darling New Belgium first got involved in water politics, it was just another aspect of the company's sustainability efforts – from smashing industry...
Colowyo calls timeout as eco lawsuit threatens coal mine
Millions of tons of coal a year and more than 200 jobs are at stake in a classic tale of climate-change concerns vs. big-coal profits unfolding at...
Judge blocks Colorado coal mine plan, orders feds to evaluate climate...
A court ruling issued in Colorado on Friday could nudge government agencies toward making more honest assessments of the climate impacts tied to the projects they approve for federal lands.