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The ‘War On Coal’ threatens a sleepy Colorado mining town0
- August 19, 2016
(Craig Station, Moffat County, Colorado. Photo: Michael Sandoval) CRAIG, Colo. — Coal, from extraction to use as a generation source, forms the literal bedrock of Craig. (Welcome to Craig. Photo: Michael Sandoval) The past few years have shaken the once quiet town, as an onslaught of federal government regulations and actions by environmental activists bent
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Two sloppy mistakes poison Xcel’s well of public support and entire Rush Creek application0
- August 8, 2016
By John Knetemann and contributors Xcel Energy’s well of public support for the Rush Creek Wind Farm, a $1.1 billion, 95,000-acre wind farm boondoggle on Colorado’s Eastern Plains appears to be poisoned. Conventional wisdom says Xcel’s application along with the so-called public approval process via the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for the Rush Creek Wind
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Press release: Xcel Energy, irresponsible by nature and ratepayers?0
- July 6, 2016
Update on the BLM’s fracking regulations: White House response0
- June 25, 2016
By John Knetemann Last Wednesday, an Obama-appointed Federal judge rejected the Bureau of Land Management’s new regulations on hydraulic fracturing. During a press briefing at the White House, the first question asked was on this ruling. Press Secretary Josh Earnest responded with the following: Well, my understanding is that this is something that will be
READ MORESmack down: Bureau of Land Management fracking regulations rejected0
- June 23, 2016
By John Knetemann All the Bureau of Land Management has is a hammer, and everything to them is a nail. Today, Wyoming federal judge Scott Skavdahl rejected the Bureau of Land Management’s new fracking rules published under the name “Oil and Gas; Hydraulic Fracturing on Federal and Indian Lands.” According to the Bureau of Land
READ MOREMay 2 Colorado Energy Cheat Sheet: Supreme Court rules on fracking bans; ALA report on ozone misleading; some officials want all the regulations0
- May 2, 2016
Craig Power Station in Craig, Colorado The Colorado Supreme Court’s long-awaited ruling on local fracking bans and moratoria has upheld long standing precedent: The Colorado Supreme Court today upheld decades of state law that places authority over hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, squarely in the hands of state officials. The court ruled in a pair of
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