Tag: Natural Gas
ExxonMobil’s natural-gas plunge makes sense globally and in Colorado
Analysts are calling ExxonMobil’s $31 billion acquisition of natural-gas giant XTO Energy a much safer bet than a similar leap made by energy conglomerate...
Upper Colorado River, Front Range water resources threatened
Some water experts warn the upper Colorado River is an endangered species if current residential growth patterns and water consumption patterns continue along the state’s Front Range, and they’re increasingly concerned proposed energy production on the Western Slope will accelerate its demise.
“I hope America can’t come here and trash out my country here to support the current [oil shale] industry,” said one Routt County commissioner.
McInnis praises gas-happy Pa. despite increasing chemical contamination
Former U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis, a six-time Republican congressman representing Colorado’s Western Slope, would like to turn the state’s prime mountain playgrounds into something...
Colorado in crosshairs of nuke boom if climate bill sparks uranium...
Colorado, historically a major uranium-producing state, will be ground zero of the nation’s nuclear revival if that form of power enjoys the renaissance proponents say is necessary for climate change legislation to win approval in the U.S. Senate.
Ritter touts long-term economic strategy in ‘State of the State’ address
DENVER-- In a "state of the state" address at a Rotary Club polio benefit Thursday, Governor Ritter said natural gas and nuclear energy should be embraced as part of a clean energy portfolio, that he was "agnostic" on whether schools should be public or charter, and that he would ask voters to eliminate the budgetary constraints caused by the state's Taxpayer Bill of Rights should he be elected to a second term.
Colorado firms skewer U.S. Chamber for fighting climate change legislation
Count a growing number of Colorado businesses among those deeply disenchanted with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over its stance that climate change legislation is largely based on junk science and will further derail the American economy.
Huge plumes of heat-trapping methane wasted in gas drilling, infrared reveals
Natural gas wells and storage tanks throughout Colorado may look fairly benign to the casual observer, but infrared cameras show them gushing heat-trapping methane...
Report: gas industry execs starting to see the light on chemical...
The oil and gas industry is starting to see some cracks in its to-date united front against federal oversight of the common drilling practice...
Ethics Watch blasts state for non-response to NYT on Clean Water...
Thirty-nine states provided information requested by the New York Times as part of its series on Clean Water Act violations called “Toxic Waters: A...
Wirth: target coal-fired power plants with climate change cap and trade
Former Democratic Colorado Sen. Tim Wirth last week told Bloomberg News the cap-and-trade aspects of the House-approved climate change bill are spread too broadly...