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Ritter, Scott McInnis Trade Barbs On Natural Gas Regulation

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

EDWARDS -- Energy attorney Scott McInnis this week continued to hammer Gov. Bill Ritter for policies McInnis says have crippled Colorado's natural gas...

Elk, Gas Drilling Interests Collide In Northeast Wyoming

AP | MEAD GRUVER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Environmentalist concerns about elk have prompted the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to suspend coal-bed methane drilling in pa...

Scott McInnis, Dan Maes Slam Bill Ritter On Energy Rules

AP | JUDITH KOHLER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

DENVER — One Republican in the race to become Colorado's next governor is pledging to repeal new oil and gas regulations if elected, and the fro...

Wastewater In New York Found To Be Radioactive

ProPublica | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

As New York gears up for a massive expansion of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, state officials have made a potentially troubling discovery about...

Gas Companies Playing Defense After Rash Of Water Contaminations In Huerfano County

AP | JUDITH KOHLER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

WALSENBURG, Colo. — Bernice and Jerry Angely like to show visitors the singed T-shirt a friend was wearing when their water well exploded and sh...

How Beijing Cleans Its Air (and Fakes It Too)

Alex Pasternack | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Alex Pasternack

Did a New York Times article about improvements to air quality in Beijing bear echoes of the Chinese state-run media?

New Yorkers Set Record For All Time Daily Electricity And Natural Gas Use In Cold Weater

nydailynews.com | By William Sherman | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

With sub-freezing temperatures, New Yorkers set the all time daily winter record for electricity and natural gas usage on Sunday, according to Con Edi...

Energy Primer for Western Colorado

Adele Israel | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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.

Natural Gas: A Made-in-America Opportunity

Regina Hopper | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Regina Hopper

As our nation looks to establish its bona fides on clean energy, while putting Americans back to work, one often overlooked domestic resource stands abundantly ready to make a difference: natural gas.

Pennsylvania Faces A Tainted Wastewater Onslaught Due To Natural Gas Drilling

ProPublica | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Workers at a steel mill and a power plant were the first to notice something strange about the Monongahela River last summer. The water that U.S. Stee...

Energy Issues Likely To Dominate Colo. Governor's Race

AP | JUDITH KOHLER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

DENVER — Taxes, jobs, budget shortfalls – the usual fodder for political wrangling is already spurring debate in the Colorado governor's r...

BLM Oil And Gas Auction Is Third Smallest SInce 1970

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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...

State Must End Threat to NYC's Drinking Water

Scott Stringer | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Scott Stringer

New York State regulators trail everybody else in protecting New York City's drinking water from natural gas drilling, despite the fact that they alone have the authority to do so.

Garfield County Oil And Gas Office Undermanned, Overwhelmed By Increase In Oil Paperwork

The Glenwood Springs Post-Independent | John Colson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

The department charged with keeping an eye on Garfield County's oil and gas industry remains among the smallest in county government. The department ...

Natural Gas Documentary Affects Garfield County Commissioners On Federal Legislation (VIDEO)

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

GLENWOOD SPRINGS -- Everyone was a film critic Monday at a somewhat tense screening of the new anti-gas-drilling documentary "Split Estate" for the Ga...

Colorado Oil Regulators Understaffed: ProPublica

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

Colorado oil and gas regulators have admitted to the Colorado Independent they're spread too thin to handle a new set of EPA rules if proposed federal...

Winter Heating Bill Help Coming This Winter: EIA

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

WASHINGTON — Staying warm won't be quite as expensive this winter. People who heat with natural gas should do especially well, seeing their lowe...

Meet the Lobbies: Electricity and Gas (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Special To The Huffington Post By Kate Willson and Andrew Green of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists for The Global Climate C...

Oil And Gas Say They're Not Drilling In West Because Ken Salazar Is Too Tough On Them

AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

SALT LAKE CITY — Drillers say it's getting so hard to obtain an oil-and-gas lease in the Rocky Mountains under the new administration of Preside...

Bill Ritter Moves To Shorten Waiting Period For Natural Gas Drilling Applications

Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

Governor Bill Ritter is moving to shorten the waiting period for oil and gas permits in Colorado after facing criticism from Republican opponents that...

Bill Ritter Budget Cuts: Oil And Gas Communities Concerned About Severance Tax Grants Being Withheld

Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

Colorado communities that rely heavily on oil and natural gas drilling are voicing concern over one segment of Governor Ritter's budget cuts that have...

Kathy Hall, Colorado Oil And Gas Chief, Resigns Amid Brazen Comments About Fracking Fluid

Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

A representative of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, Kathy Hall, resigned from the organization last week, reports the Denver Post's Susan Greene...

Bill Barrett Corp. Agrees To Deal To Protect Ancient Art

AP | MIKE STARK | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

SALT LAKE CITY — An agreement to protect a central Utah canyon rich with ancient American Indian art while allowing for nearby mineral developme...

US Blocks Drilling At 60 Sites In Utah -- Approval Process Under Bush "Mishandled"

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Thursday that oil and gas drilling will be permitted on some of the Utah land parcels near nati...

Pig's Farts Create Huge Gas Leak Scare!

The Times of India | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

A flatulent pig sparked a gas emergency in southern Australia Thursday when a farmer mistook its odours for a leaking pipe, officials said. Fifteen f...