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BLM Oil And Gas Auction Is Third Smallest Since 1970

AP | Posted 11.13.2009 | Denver


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...

Browns Canyon Wilderness Study Area

Mike Rosso | Posted 11.02.2009 | Denver


Mike Rosso

What began as a review for wilderness designation has become a jumble of information and falsehoods, involving politicians, motorists, wilderness proponents and the NRA.

Ken Salazar's Wild Horse Plan Fuels Accusations That He's In The Pocket Of Ranchers

AP | MARTIN GRIFFITH | Posted 10.19.2009 | Denver


RENO, Nev. — A new federal proposal to manage wild horses is rekindling debate over another fixture of the Western range: cattle. Interior Secr...

Energy Primer for Western Colorado

Adele Israel | Posted 10.12.2009 | Denver


Adele Israel

After listening to seven speakers and a panel discussion at Mesa State, I may not know everything about the local fossil fuel industry, but I sure know a lot more acronyms.

Tim DeChristopher Reinvents the Greenbuck in Utah

Jerry Cope | Posted 02.11.2009 | Green


Jerry Cope

Deforestation, chemical pollution in the world's oceans, biological diversity, species extinction, and greenhouse gas emissions are detrimental to life on Earth as we know it.

Environmentalist Punked Bush Administration, Hopes To Save Utah Land

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 02.05.2009 | Green


A few weeks ago, an environmentalist named Tim DeChristopher played a big joke on the Bureau of Land Management, the Bush Administration and the oil a...

Salazar at the Interior Department: So Much at Stake

Frances Beinecke | Posted 01.18.2009 | Green


Frances Beinecke

As Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar has to send a powerful signal that the era of unethical behavior and unchecked industry influence is over.

Why Bush's Last Minute Land Giveaway in Utah Matters

Frances Beinecke | Posted 12.22.2008 | Green


Frances Beinecke

I was surprised when the Bureau of Land Management announced plans to hand over 6.4 million acres of public lands near some of Utah's most famous national parks to oil and gas companies.