http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/309/15876 The Forest Service wants to create a new type of "categorical exclusion" to make it easier for oil and gas drilling projects to be approved without environmental study or public input No publisher Emma Brown Wayde Schafer National Grassland oil and gas Club energy industry Oil And Gas Forests National Environmental Policy Act categorical Sierra drilling applications Forest Service drilling oil and gas permits mineral rights Dakota Prairie exclusions Skip Underwood Fe 2010-02-05T08:31:29Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/310/15910 The La Plata County commissioners have signed two deals allowing energy companies to double the density of coalbed methane wells near Durango, Colo. No publisher Gail Binkly Coalbed Methane Coalbed methane Durango Colorado La Plata County Commission energy industry oil and gas Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission BP Samson Resources Col Wally White Dan Randolph San Juan Citizens Alliance directional drilling well pads 2010-02-05T08:31:39Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.11/hydrofracked-one-mans-quest-for-answers-about-natural-gas-drilling/abrahm-lustgarten-on-fracking An interview with ProPublica energy and environment reporter Abrahm Lustgarten. No publisher Cally Carswell natural gas High Country Views oil and gas fracking water Louis Meeks podcast Safe Drinking Water Act Pavillion, Wyoming 2011-09-14T22:34:58Z Audio http://www.hcn.org/issues/370/17688 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. No publisher Jonathan Thompson Western Colorado energy industry Francisco Tharp oil and gas drilling Communities Boom and bust economy 2010-07-26T22:23:31Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.12/the-global-west China's insatiable energy appetite is fueling a natural resource boom in the West. No publisher Jonathan Thompson multinational corporations mining Western economy oil and gas Wyoming Energy production Douglas coal global economy China extractive industries natural resource exports 2012-03-02T01:44:17Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.22/blm-plans-for-the-national-petroleum-reserve-alaska A controversial proposal for the nation’s biggest chunk of public land aims to allow energy development -- and protect wildlife. No publisher Jodi Peterson Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas Alaska Bureau of Land Management caribou National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska 2013-01-07T15:39:39Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/312/15991 Engineer and city councilman Kamyar Enshayan considers the inevitable end of the fossil fuel joyride No publisher Staff Oil and Gas Kamyar Enshayan fossil fuels alternative energy renewable energy oil and gas petroleum peak oil hydrogen ethanol transportation sustainability 2010-02-05T08:56:18Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/286/15106 Owyhee Canyonlands wilderness comes closer to Idaho; Bush funds CALFED; oil and gas brings money to Rocky Mountain states; National Wildlife Federation says federal Conservation Reserve Program is abused No publisher Matt Jenkins Owyhee Canyonlands Owyhee Initiative Mike Crapo wilderness Bush administration CALFED Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta oil and gas Rocky Mountain state economy New Mexico Colorado Utah Montana National Wildlife Federation Department of Agricu 2010-02-05T09:21:53Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/288/15153 HCN lays out the West's 10 most critical issues and the paths toward positive results on everything from energy development and drought to federal agency practices and endangered species. No publisher Staff Energy science water nuclear wildlife communities forests public lands advocacy groups Politics Bush administration environmental movement energy oil and gas renewable energy Western Governors’ Association George W. Bush Dick Cheney solar energy wind energy John Kerry John McCain Harry Reid Janet Napolitano global warming 2010-02-05T09:22:08Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/300/15579 In Montana’s Powder River County, the group Citizens for Resource Development wants to encourage coalbed methane drilling, while next door in Rosebud County, the Northern Plains Resource Council is fighting hard against it No publisher Ed Kemmick Oil and Gas Coalbed Methane Coalbed methane oil and gas drilling gas wells Powder River County Rosebud County Montana Citizens for Resource Development Northern Plains Resource Council Rick Rice ranchers socio-economics 2011-03-18T23:48:26Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/301/15611 The Bureau of Land Management is tightening its standards on what it considers worthwhile, "substantive" public comments from citizen activists No publisher Matt Jenkins Public Lands BLM Environmental public comment environmental activists environmental groups federal agencies environmental impact statements drilling oil and gas Wyoming Outdoor Council The Wilderness Society Bruce Pendery National Environmental Policy Act Tova Woyciecho Advocacy Groups 2011-05-16T23:10:54Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/high-country-views-episode-6 Jonathan Thompson and Cally Carswell talk about the scandal-plagued Minerals Management Service. No publisher Cally Carswell oil and gas High Country Views oil spill Department of Interior Minerals Management Service oil and gas royalties podcast 2010-05-21T22:56:40Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/17592 Pushing the limits of local control over energy companies No publisher Francisco Tharp Oil and Gas Galisteo Basin New Mexico oil and gas energy local control 2010-02-05T09:27:40Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/the-return-of-the-lords-of-yesterday The Old West-style extractive economy is roaring back to life, powered by the insatiable energy needs of countries like China. No publisher Paul Larmer mining Western economy oil and gas amenity economy Wyoming Energy production Douglas coal global economy China extractive industries Charles Wilkinson Chesapeake Energy 2011-08-16T21:55:03Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.12/the-hcn-mix High Country News will continue to cover important Western issues, and yet make room for lighter pieces about the region's culture and communities. No publisher Ray Ring oil and gas Native Americans Gulf of Mexico tribes sovereignty Utes 2010-07-14T23:31:21Z News Article