Tag: Bureau Of Land Management
What were undercover agents doing at an anti-fracking protest in Colorado?
Local and federal undercover law enforcement agents were assigned to monitor an anti-fracking demonstration in Lakewood this spring, according to emails and a report in...
Some businesses see opportunity in new methane rules
Natural gas wasted at well sites between 2009 and 2014 could have fueled five million households for a year.
DENVER - Some businesses are welcoming the...
BLM auctions drilling rights to Pawnee National Grasslands
Lakewood — Inside the Bureau of Land Management office Thursday, a fast talking, cowboy-hat-wearing auctioneer did quick work: In three hours, buyers had purchased...
Coal-fired debate over the federal coal program
Coal industry members, environmentalists and state and local officials all gathered in a Marriott hotel conference room in Golden on Tuesday to weigh in...
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.
Rare Colorado wildflowers survive 30 years of bureaucratic bumbling
Saving tiny patches of rare plants from extinction is no easy task. In most cases, you can't just put a fence around them and call it good.
First-ever public lands auction for solar power plants bombs
On the home turf of former Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, the Colorado lease auction was intended as a showcase for the renewable energy push.
Feds weigh no-drilling plan for North Fork public lands
Home to the small towns of Hotchkiss, Crawford and Paonia, south east of Grand Junction, the North Fork River Valley has long been slated for oil-and-gas development, particularly on the surrounding federal land where exploration can be done inexpensively. But local residents came up with a different plan for how to use the 100 thousand-plus acres, and the feds have agreed to take it into consideration.
House passes sweeping energy package brought to you by Colorado Republicans
The U.S. House passed a sweeping energy package Thursday that Alison Gannett, a farmer in the North Fork Valley, said puts “oil and gas companies first and Coloradans last.”
Opponents to Koch land swap say proposed gas project compromises trail...
Billionaire businessman Bill Koch organized a tour last fall for western Colorado residents to survey property he is offering in a multifaceted land swap that requires an act of Congress to complete. But he forgot to mention the potential for drilling.