Energy & Environmental Policy

Pandora's Promise: if you care about kids, go nuclear 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive
- November 8, 2013
By Dr. Robert Applegate The opening scene of the documentary Pandora’s Promise brings viewers face-to-face with nuclear power plant protestors screaming scary things like “the nuclear industry is a death industry.” Then it moves to a nuclear energy supporter walking around the destroyed nuclear power plant in Fukushima with the filmmaker Robert Stone asking are
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Fracking Bans: A Postmortem 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive, ENERGY - Hydraulic Fracturing, ENERGY - Legal
- November 8, 2013
A contentious battle between anti-fracking activists such as Our Broomfield and supporters of the energy gathering method, including the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, will have to wait just a bit longer for the dust to settle in Tuesday’s election. Broomfield’s Question 300, a 5 year prohibition on the use of hydraulic fracturing and associated
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EPA Carbon “Listening Tour” Set to Hit Denver Tomorrow 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive, ENERGY - Hydraulic Fracturing, ENERGY - Legal, ENERGY - Renewable Energy
- October 29, 2013
DENVER–After a slight delay due to the government shutdown in early October, the Environmental Protection Agency began its 11-city “listening tour” seeking input on carbon pollution regulations last week, with an all-day session schedule for Denver on Wednesday. “The agency is expected to solicit ideas on how best to regulate carbon emissions from the more
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Unrealized Value: Colorado’s Energy Development on Federal Land 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Legal
- September 18, 2013
Relative to other states in the Rocky Mountain region, Colorado is underutilizing its federal land for energy development, specifically for oil and gas development. On average, the states in the Mountain West region produce 40 percent of their oil, and 50 percent of their natural gas on federal land. Meanwhile, Colorado produces 10 percent of its oil, and 20 percent of its natural gas on federal land.
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