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Garfield County braces for gas bust, officials blame economy, regulations

Government officials on the Western Slope are bracing for a drop-off in natural gas drilling of up to 80 percent this summer — and a corresponding plunge in tax revenues. While some politicians attribute the slowdown to the drop in energy prices and the global recession, others blame Colorado's stricter drilling regulations.

Energy astroturf group pans climate initiative, quits terrorism sneers

Jim Sims and his merry band of Golden-based oil and gas industry lobbyists are at it again, firing off a report Tuesday that attacks the Western Climate Initiative as potentially crippling to the nation’s electrical grid, not too mention the economy.

Local Officials Rebuke Oil Companies Over Waste-Pit Spills

Representatives from Chevron, Oxy, Conoco-Philips, EnCana, Williams Production, Antero, Berry and Marathon, among other top oil and gas companies, sat at a horseshoe-shaped conference...

New Man Camp Regs May Test Private Property Rights

Will oil and gas companies be allowed to set up small temporary man camps on private land without the landowner's permission or county review?...

First Hearing on New Regs Draws Split Crowd

The oil and gas industry hates change, especially if it's going to cost them money and time. With Colorado's severance tax rate on natural...

The Continuing Politics of the Roan Plateau

The controversy over drilling the Roan Plateau started on the local streets of Rifle, Colorado and has gone up the political ranks through the...

New Members Appointed to Oil and Gas Commission

Five new members to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commissioner were appointed by Gov. Bill Ritter on Thursday which increased the board from...

Roan Plateau: Colorado Takes On the White House

Sen. Ken Salazar, Gov. Bill Ritter and Department of Natural Resources Director Harris Sherman will be flying over the Roan Plateau in Rifle on...

Bye, Bye Roan Plateau

UPDATED: Remember Rhett Butler's line to Scarlett O'Hara from Gone with the Wind? "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." That seems to be...

Sportsmen, Environmentalists React to Oil and Gas Impacts

The rapid development of oil and gas drilling on public land in the Rocky Mountain States has united former opponents-sportsmen and environmentalists-to work together...
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