Results for keyword: energy industry
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Montanans close to Yellowstone better wake up
The oil and gas industry -- and its many environmental side effects -- are coming to Montana's Yellowstone country.
by Andrea Peacock, Sep 03, 2010 -
EPA hearings can be so, like, high school
At an EPA hearing on oil and gas drilling, the so-called professionals scoffed and snickered at the testimony of local families.
by Andrea Gelfuso, Aug 31, 2010 -
The Ute Paradox
The Southern Utes overcame poverty and oppression to become a wealthy and powerful tribe with nationwide energy holdings.
by Jonathan Thompson, Jul 12, 2010 -
A cheer for Interior Secretary Salazar's new approach
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is not to blame for the oil and gas industry’s economic problems
by Thomas Power, Jan 28, 2010 -
The federal energy two-step
Oil and gas companies are furious with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, but environmentalists wonder if he’ll go far enough in restraining the industry.
by Ray Ring, Dec 17, 2009 -
Is the BLM practicing unsafe CX?
The Bureau of Land Management used a large number of "categorical exclusions" to streamline permitting for oil and gas development.
by Sarah Gilman, Nov 03, 2009 -
Mission critical
With global warming threatening the planet, even environmentalists are looking more kindly at natural gas.
by Randy Udall, Aug 14, 2009 -
You gotta dream big when you dream about oil shale
Why not mine oil shale here in the West, but send it off to be processed somewhere else?
by Ed Quillen , Aug 11, 2009 -
CRASH?
Just as western Colorado towns like Rifle have begun a new life as thriving “amenity” economies, an energy boom of unprecedented proportions has taken over the landscape.
by Jonathan Thompson, May 12, 2008 -
I’ll take a double dare any time
When an energy developer boasted that oil and gas wells were good for wildlife, Laura Paskus examined the issue and came to another conclusion.
by Laura Paskus, May 14, 2007






