Category: Colorado
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BLM to Examine Air Pollution Before Approving Oil & Gas Wells in Colorado
BLM will reexamine the air pollution potential of 34 oil and gas projects involving more than 1,300 wells proposed on Colorado’s Western Slope. The agency will also establish and maintain a publicly-accessible …
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Dirty Hands: 77 ALEC Bills Advance Big Oil, Big Ag Agenda in 2013
ALEC bills in recent years have pulled states out of regional climate initiatives, opposed carbon dioxide emission standards, created hurdles for state agencies attempting to regulate pollution and tried to stop …
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Fracking Bill Could Take the ‘Public’ Out of Public Lands
The bill’s proponents talk about states’ rights; that’s not the issue. The issue comes down to how energy is developed responsibly while we safeguard all the other important resources on lands.
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Colorado Governor Admits No One Wants Fracking in Their Backyard
Frack Free Colorado released a video yesterday featuring Gov. Hickenlooper (D-CO) describing gas and oil as “an industrial process that no one wants in their backyard” …
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Top 12 States Leading the U.S. in Solar Power
The report emphasizes that it is not availability of sunlight that makes states solar leaders, but the degree to which state and local governments have created effective public policy for the development of the solar industry …