Mine tests proposed near Egnar
RM Potash, USF&WS agree grouse habitat is not an insurmountable problem
Environment
DWCD buys into hydropower study
The Dolores Water Conservancy District took a small step this month toward determining whether a large hydroelectric plant could be built at Plateau Creek, a tributary of McPhee Reservoir. The…
Kinder Morgan to expand plant near Yellow Jacket
Adding to compression station will counter dipping production
House passes power plan
GOP accusesDems of harmingrural economies
There’s a dustup with Western Excelsior
Residents complain that sawdust coats their property
Dems falter in push to add gas and oil laws
DENVER – House Democrats have accepted partial defeat in their drive to crack down on the gas and oil industry. They are poised to pass bills that increase fines for…
‘Water grab’ Tipton bashes USFS for plan to tie water rights to land
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton and two witnesses at a water rights hearing Thursday bashed the U.S. Forest Service for what they characterized as the agency’s attempts to take…
Sen. Udall seeks drought aid
WASHINGTON — Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., sent a letter to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry on Monday asking the committee to add funding for livestock disaster assistance…
Bad year for bees
Pollinator populations plummet
Young leaders concoct ‘Green Scheme’
Shopping locally is focus of High School Leadership Montezuma project
Empire Electric opposes SB 252
I am very concerned with special interests in Denver collaborating with primarily urban legislators to ram through legislation Empire’s members do not agree with. Senate Bill 13-252 imposes draconian renewable…
State legislator loses water fight with Forest Service bigwigs
DENVER – Lobbying from the very highest level of the U.S. Forest Service has scuttled a state representative’s bid to keep the federal government from claiming water rights at ski…
Udall queries nominee for Department of Energy
Udalldu1-i-syn Moniz favors public/private partnerships By Stefanie Dazio Journal Washington Intern WASHINGTON – Sen. Mark Udall questioned Energy Secretary nominee Ernest Moniz about a renewable energy laboratory in Golden, Colo.,…