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Oil and Gas Drilling

Defending America's Greatest Treasures

Ellis Richard | Posted 05.08.2013 | Green
Ellis Richard

Fracking and drilling operations are encroaching on national parks throughout the West, endangering both the parks and the economic and cultural role they play.

Study: Oil And Gas Emission's 'Chemical Signature' Uncovered

The Boulder Daily Camera | John Aguilar | Posted 03.19.2013 | Denver

Emissions from oil and natural gas operations account for more than half of the pollutants -- such as propane and butane -- that contribute to ozone f...

Lucia Graves

Fracking About-Face By USDA Sparks Filmmaker's Criticism

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 03.20.2012 | Green

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture sparked the ire of hydrofracking opponents Tuesday, when it reversed its plans to require rural housi...

'Drill, Baby, Drill' Returns

AP | By DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 12.27.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- It's still "drill, baby, drill." After the nation's largest offshore oil spill and a series of pipeline breaks, Republican presidential ...

A Half Century of Protection Is a Good First Step

Bill Meadows | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Bill Meadows

In a few days, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will be celebrating 50 years of protection. Tonight in Washington, DC, we are celebrating this mom...

Risks to NYC's Water Supply Prompts State Senate to Ban Gas Drilling Short-Term

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Alison Rose Levy

In a 48-9 vote in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, the New York State Senate voted in Senate Bill S8129B, which will ban the issuance of gas permits until May 2011.

Rebecca Watson, Senior Interior Department Official,

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Dennis Webb | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

A woman who had authority over planning for oil and gas development on the Roan Plateau while she was a high-level federal official has withdrawn from...

Obama Says "Offshore It!" We're All For It!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Rick Horowitz

Once the president announced on Wednesday that he wanted to go ahead with expanded offshore drilling -- we were only too happy to point out what a wonderful thing this would be.

Ken Salazar Promises Concrete Procedural Reforms In Second Year As Interior Chief

AP | JUDITH KOHLER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

DENVER — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar started on the job a year ago pledging to clean up an agency hit by scandals and assailed by critics as ...

Governor Ritter REDI-ing to Retire Coal Plants

Jeremy Nichols | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Jeremy Nichols

All the renewable energy in the world can't and won't make up for the fact that unless Colorado starts cutting back on coal burning, greenhouse gases are going to keep climbing.

Bill Ritter's Retirement: Conservationists Hope Announcement Won't Means Appeals Of His Tight Oil And Gas Rules

AP | JUDITH KOHLER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

DENVER — Supporters of Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter's successful overhaul of the state's oil and gas regulations hope his decision not to seek re-e...

Obama Administration Halts Bush Expansion Of Offshore Drilling

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has rejected a Bush administration plan to open vast waters off the Pacific and Atlantic coasts to o...