Tag: Blm
North Fork Valley federal lawsuit seeks end to secret oil, gas...
The Citizens for a Healthy Community and Western Environmental Law Center's suit aims to upend the Bureau of Land Management's practice of keeping nominators' names secret until after a lease is sold.
Judge sends BLM back to drawing board to consider Roan Plateau...
A federal judge ruled Friday that a Bush-era auction of gas leases on the Roan Plateau failed to adequately address its environmental impacts or entertain alternative, less-intrusive drilling plans.
Obama-backed restoration projects putting more than 20,000 low-income youth to work
Four new conservation projects in Colorado will add to the more than 20,000 work opportunities for low-income youth on public lands this summer.
BLM to defer disputed auction for oil, gas leases in tranquil...
The Bureau of Land Management is deferring all parcels associated with the August oil and gas lease sale in the North Fork Valley.
‘Black Sunday’ lessons from 30 years ago coloring Colorado oil shale...
Thirty years ago, Herb Bacon was working in the old U.S. Bank of Grand Junction when a man operating Exxon's local oil shale project walked into the lobby with his usual pep in his step. Little did either man know it then, but two days later--on what is now known as "Black Sunday"--Exxon pulled the plug.
Farmers, businesses, government officials give BLM an earful over gas lease...
Bald eagles go there to roost in the winter. The pastoral setting is home to one of the highest concentrations of organic farms in Colorado. It is one of just two designated wine regions in the state. But that may change soon.
But that may change soon.
Pace calls for delay of proposed oil, gas leases in Colorado’s...
Drilling opponents in Colorado’s North Fork Valley have an ally in Sal Pace.
Conservation groups, tribe defend feds in Grand Canyon uranium mining lawsuit
A coalition of conservation groups and a Native American tribe are backing the U.S. government in its battle to block new uranium mining in...
New report warns against oil shale risks, consequences for Colorado’s water
BOULDER — Pursuing oil shale production in the face of increasing water demands and climate change concerns is ill-advised, a new report from an environmental group here warns.
Chevron giving up oil shale research in western Colorado to pursue...
Chevron is giving up its experimental oil shale lease in Western Colorado. The company is one of only three companies holding a federal lease to research oil shale development in Colorado but officials say they would rather pursue other projects.