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Is This The End Of Colorado’s Shale Boom?
Is This The End Of Colorado’s Shale Boom? Colorado has hosted a surge in oil and gas production in the last few years, but the industry faces new challenges as the state overhauls its regulatory regime. Much of the shale boom in Colorado has been concentrated in relatively dense suburbs north of Denver, which means, […]
Colorado Declares A Disaster Emergency Over A Lack Of Propane
Colorado Declares A Disaster Emergency Over A Lack Of Propane An emergency declaration was made in Colorado on Christmas Eve. The state was suffering from a lack of propane. A series of problems led to the emergency declaration, but even minimal prepping could have helped those who were among the allegedly affected. The propane supplies […]
Fracking Future Shock in Colorado
Fracking Future Shock in Colorado If fracking treated all people equally, that is, if every person in Colorado were threatened with anywhere from 10 to 50 fracked wells in their neighborhood, the oil and gas industry would be long gone. But it doesn’t, so only a minority of Coloradans reap the whirlwind in the state’s […]
Over Half The U.S. Has Now Been Hit By Drought As Lake Powell And Lake Mead Drop To “Dangerous” Low Levels
Over Half The U.S. Has Now Been Hit By Drought As Lake Powell And Lake Mead Drop To “Dangerous” Low Levels The worst drought in years in the western half of the United States has sparked hundreds of wildfires, has crippled thousands of farms, and has produced what could ultimately be the worst water crisis […]
Colorado’s oil and gas industry goes after reporters and signature gatherers in new fracking fight
Colorado’s oil and gas industry goes after reporters and signature gatherers in new fracking fight With large oil and gas reserves, Colorado often is at the center of the nation’s fossil fuel wars. AN OIL DERRICK SITS INSIDE A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN DACONO, COLORADO. CREDIT: HELEN H. RICHARDSON/THE DENVER POST VIA GETTY IMAGES As Colorado […]
We Are Seeing Heat And Drought In The Southwest United States Like We Haven’t Seen Since The Dust Bowl Of The 1930s
We Are Seeing Heat And Drought In The Southwest United States Like We Haven’t Seen Since The Dust Bowl Of The 1930s Despite all of the other crazy news that is happening all around the world, the top headlines on Drudge on Monday evening were all about the record heatwave that is currently pummeling the […]
The Colorado Gas Wars: Where Things Fall Apart, for There is No Center
The Colorado Gas Wars: Where Things Fall Apart, for There is No Center Things stay mostly the same in Colorado, where climate change doesn’t exist in the minds of many politicians and some captains of industry. The marvels of fracking are a constant. Wells explode with regularity; each week thousands of barrels of toxic liquids […]
The Movement to Stop Fossil Fuel Development Is Winning
The Movement to Stop Fossil Fuel Development Is Winning Colorado’s high court today struck down the rights of Coloradans to enact local fracking bans. It’s no surprise, given the massive sway of the oil and gas industry in the state. The suit was brought against Longmont (which passed a popular fracking ban in 2012) by Gov. John Hickenlooper and his […]
Communities Pushing For Legal Rights To Regain Power Over Fracking Companies
Communities Pushing For Legal Rights To Regain Power Over Fracking Companies A Colorado group with concerns about the environmental impacts of fracking are pushing for a fundamental change to the state’s legal system to give communities greater power over corporations. Coloradans for Community Rights has set its sights on dismantling the legal system where state laws take […]
Regulated out of Existence: Off-Gridders Forced back on the Grid, Camping on own land Illegal
Regulated out of Existence: Off-Gridders Forced back on the Grid, Camping on own land Illegal It’s something we’ve reported on many times in the past – government agencies trying to regulate Off-Grid living out of existence. Throughout the country, local zoning officials have made it impossible for people to go off the grid, in many […]
As the Gold King Spill Reminds Us, We All Live Downstream
As the Gold King Spill Reminds Us, We All Live Downstream The Animas River Between Silverton and Durango, Colorado, within 24 hours of the spill from Gold King Mine. Photo credit: Riverhugger/Creative Commons. Around this time last year, I was walking the banks of the Animas River in Durango, the southwestern Colorado town blindsided last […]
Toxic Fallout Continues as Colorado Mine Spill Declared Three Times Larger Than Stated
Toxic Fallout Continues as Colorado Mine Spill Declared Three Times Larger Than Stated Communities declare states of emergency over toxic wastewater flowing through Colorado and New Mexico, heading for Utah A warning sign is displayed along the Animas River as it flows through Farmington, New Mexico on August 8, 2015. (Photo: Alexa Rogals/The Daily Times […]
With Climate Change, a Terrifying New Normal for Western Firefighters
With Climate Change, a Terrifying New Normal for Western Firefighters In the last two decades, officials in Colorado have watched as massive, months-long wildfires have become a regular occurrence in their state. A Yale Environment 360 video goes onto the front lines with Colorado firefighters who describe what it’s like to continuously confront deadly blazes fueled […]
Environmentalists Win Federal Lawsuit Over Colorado Coal Mines
Environmentalists Win Federal Lawsuit Over Colorado Coal Mines Environmentalists won big May 8 in a lawsuit brought against the federal government over two coal mines near the northern Colorado town of Craig. The nonprofit environmental group WildEarth Guardians sued the U.S. Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), a bureau within the U.S.Department of the Interior, over permits granted in […]
