A federal judge has ruled in favor of environmental groups in their lawsuit challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to lease more than 50,000 acres on the Roan Plateau outside Rifle for oil and gas development.
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Grand Junction Sentinel » Conservation groups victorious in Roan drilling lawsuit
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Salt Lake Tribune » Closed rebellion
Counties hide oil shale meeting
It must have been a lot more fun…for commissioners to organize a clandestine gathering for themselves…and lobbyists from a so-far imaginary industry that claims to know how to turn the region’s oil shale into gasoline…By acting this way, officials… salivating over the very thin prospect of an oil shale boom succeed only in undermining their own … case.
ThinkProgress » Members Who Supported Massive Giveaway To Big Oil Have Received $38.6 Million From The Industry
The House of Representatives, already holding title as the most anti-environment House ever, today added to the list — the Domestic Energy Production Act, H.R. 4480.
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Mountain West Strategies Launches New Website
Mountain West Strategies has launched a new website that will help keep partners, clients, and local communities informed on projects, activities, and news of interest. The new site, which is hosted by Earthbound of Hotchkiss, Colorado is part of an overall expansion of the company’s online presence. “Mountain West Strategies is a nuts and more »
WhiteRiverWild.org » Support new wilderness in the Central Mountains of Colorado
Senator Udall and Representative Polis are both working to protect special public lands in Central Colorado with a Wilderness designation.
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Fuel Fix » House strips oil shale subsidy from spending bill
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives has approved a Colorado Democrat’s proposal to strip a $25 million oil shale subsidy from an appropriations bill.
