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Environment/Energy

Forest Draft Plan Released But Not Official

Wait three days and the saga of the Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre-Gunnison (GMUG) National Forest management draft plan will change. Although it is not an official...

Denver 1A (Xcel Franchise): A Bird in the Hand, Or . . . .?

Xcel Energy is a company you can love to hate.  But, it has had a monopoly on providing electricity and natural gas to Denver...

Week In Review: Loose Ends Neatly Tied Up

Note: Several gas and oil related stories and some articles about the Forest Service and BLM plans dealt with issues in "limbo" earlier...

Tale of Two Senators on Forest Plan Problems

A growing controversy over a shelved Forest Service draft management plan has now gotten two US Senators involved with National Forest Service officials and...

Sen. Salazar Hits, Bush Adm Flinches

Rattling the cages of the Bush Administration may become US Sen. Ken Salazar's forte. The release of the Forest Service draft management plan for...

Oil Shale, Part II: In 1980 Exxon Rocked

Occidental Petroleum, Unocal, Tenneco, Rio Blanco Oil Shale-were all corporate names in the oil shale business back in 1980 in northwestern Colorado. But there...

How Green Is Vail?

Vail Resorts Inc.'s announcement that it would offset 100 percent of its energy use with wind power, making it the largest corporate purchaser of...

Rocky Mountain Region Key to US Gas Production

The US will reach its peak output for natural gas either later this year or in 2007, according to a specialist at IHS Energy...

Beauprez Can’t Find Energy to Debate Ritter

Sometimes getting two gubernatorial candidates to agree on a debate date can be a lot like herding cats, as Aron Diaz, executive director of...

Bush Energy Policies Delay Forest Service Plan

The delay of the forest management plan for the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison (GMUG) National Forests has now caught the attention of Senator...
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