Rio Blanco County

5.6 Million Gallons Of Oil And Gas Fluid Spilled In Three Counties

The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Weld County, Colorado Oil Spills, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Denver Oil, Garfield County, Bull Moose Sportsmen Alliance, Wyoming, Rio Blanco County, Utah, Oil Spills, Mesa County, New Mexico, Hunting, Governor Hickenlooper, Angling, John Hickenlooper, Colorado DIvision of WIldlife, Colorado Hunting and Angling, Denver News

Three northwestern Colorado counties have reported 5.6 million gallons of spilled oil and gas fluids from 2001 to 2010, according to a report released...

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Rural Colorado Counties Experiencing High-Ozone Warnings By State Health Officials

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Dennis Webb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Ozone Levels, Colorado Ozone, Colorado Environment, Natural Gas Ozone, Blm, Rio Blanco County, Natural Gas Drilling, Denver News

Put together the wide-open spaces, low population and light traffic of a place like Rio Blanco County, and it wouldn't seem like a recipe for an ozone...

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EnCana Oil & Gas Fined $200,000 For Colorado And Wyoming Bird Deaths

Grand Junction Sentinel | Dennis Webb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Garfield County, Bird Deaths, EnCana Oil, Rio Blanco County, Fined, Piceance Basin, Denver News

EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. will pay $200,000 in community-service payments and fines after pleading guilty Thursday to two misdemeanor violations rel...

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BLM Oil And Gas Auction Is Third Smallest SInce 1970

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil, Blm, Bureau of Land Management, Natural Gas, BLM Auction, Jim Sample, Rio Blanco County, Denver News

DENVER — Federal officials have sold oil and gas leases on a total of about 6,000 acres in Colorado for $112,969. The highest per-acre price in...

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