Mountain States

Mountain States Legal Foundation's Motives In Vote Case Questioned By Wyoming Native Americans

AP | BEN NEARY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Philip Anschutz, Fremont County Voting, Eastern Shoshone Tribal Council, Voting Rights Act, Fremont County, Wyoming, Coors Brewing, Wyoming Native Americans, Mountain States Legal Foundation, Mountain States, Denver News

WIND RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION, Wyo. — The Mountain States Legal Foundation has built a reputation as an influential behind-the-scenes player ove...

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Brookings Institute: Mountain States Slowest Out Of Recession

The Denver Post | Aldo Svaldi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brookings Institute, Recession, Rocky Mountains, Mountain States, Economy, Denver News

The current recovery is challenging the Mountain West's reputation for accelerating out of recessions faster than the rest of the country, according t...

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Colorado Water Use Explodes On The Western Slope

The Denver Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nevada, Water Use, Drought, Colorado, Colorado River, Utah, Colorado Springs, Mountain States, Denver News

Colorado Front Range residents are using less water, but some parts of the Western Slope have seen per capita water use explode in the past decade, ac...

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Brookings Institute: Mountain States Hit Hardest By Recession

The Denver Post | Aldo Svaldi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recession, Rocky Mountains, Mountain States, Rocky Mountain Recession, Denver News

The economic crisis last year hit the nation's six mountain states, including Colorado, harder than any other block of states, according to a report M...

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With Gas Pump Crunch, Is Oil Shale to the 'Rescue'?

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Prices, Oil Shale, Gas Prices, Mountain States, Environment, Climate Change, Coal, Coal Mining, Global Warming, Green News
Bill Chameides

U.S. shale deposits are enormous. But we should take a long, hard look at environmental costs before going down the road of harnessing those deposits.

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