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Encana shifting focus to natural gas liquids
PARACHUTE, Colorado — One company drilling for natural gas in this region believes that it will continue to be a profitable venture, despite the low prices gas is bringing on the international market.
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  02/22/2012 3:21pm
Campaign finance reformers want Tipton to return funds
A Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit focused on campaign finance reform is calling on Aspen's representative in the U.S. House to return $8,100 in contributions from an oil and gas company that wants to drill in Thompson Divide.
  02/20/2012 11:13pm
State official: Produced water spill was handled correctly
PARACHUTE, Colorado — An environmental specialist for the state's gas regulatory agency said Thursday the agency was properly notified concerning a Feb. 11 spill of gas well “produced water” west of here.
  02/16/2012 10:23pm
Committee right to uphold local government authority
On Thursday, the state Senate Local Government Committee killed Senate Bill 88, a bill that would have barred local governments from taking any actions to regulate oil and gas drilling.
  02/16/2012 10:09pm
Wrecked tanker was contracted to WPX Energy
PARACHUTE, Colorado — A tanker truck that wrecked on Saturday and apparently spilled “produced water” onto the ground was contracted to the WPX Energy gas drilling company, according to a county official.
  02/13/2012 11:09pm
Residents urged to fight Thompson unitization
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — The Carbondale-based Thompson Divide Coalition called on Glenwood Springs and Four Mile residents Wednesday to get involved with efforts to keep gas drilling out of the Thompson Divide area.
  02/09/2012 11:05pm
RFTA board deadlocked on policy on gas drilling
The Roaring Fork Transportation Authority isn't anywhere close to the philosophy of “drill, baby, drill” when it comes to natural-gas extraction. But the bus agency's board of directors is divided over what exactly to say in an...
  02/09/2012 10:45pm
Official: Antero won't drill on Silt Mesa this year
SILT, Colorado — Antero Resources will not be drilling gas wells north of Highway 6 in the Silt Mesa area in 2012, according to company vice president Kevin Kilstrom.
  02/09/2012 10:39pm
Your Letters
The fallacy of “circular logic” or “begging the question” is committed when a proposition requiring proof is assumed to be correct without proof. This fallacy consists of begging the listener to accept the question or proposition...
  02/08/2012 5:10pm
RFTA receives $365K grant from EnCana for cleaner buses
The Roaring Fork Transportation Authority today will consider approving an environmental policy statement on natural gas extraction just hours before accepting a $365,000 grant from a company that helped invent the controversial practice of hydraulic...
  02/08/2012 10:15pm
BLM seeks comment on produced water treatment facility 20 miles west of Meeker
SILT, Colorado — The Bureau of Land Management seeks public comment on a proposal from BOPCO L.P. to construct a facility 20 miles west of Meeker that would treat produced water from oil and gas wells on the Piceance Basin and discharge it into...
  02/08/2012 10:13pm
National forests hold the promise of green energy
Green energy is among the myriad reasons to keep our national forests open to the “many uses” intended by the Forest Reserve Act of 1891. Federally owned forests comprise 192 million acres. According to some estimates, nearly 80 percent of...
  02/06/2012 11:03pm
Dear Diary
“Young. Old. Just words.”

— George Burns

There is an interesting book called “The Fantastic Traveler.” It's about a boy who creates a dream world more real than his actual world.
  02/05/2012 11:23pm
Lobbyist: Bill threatens local controls on oil & gas
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — A bill before the Colorado Legislature is aimed at eliminating any local control over oil and gas activities, according to the Colorado Municipal League, which is opposing the bill.
  02/05/2012 11:06pm
Antero to hold meetings in Silt, Battlement Mesa
RIFLE, Colorado — Antero Resources, one of the companies drilling for natural gas and oil in Garfield County, will be holding meetings at Battlement Mesa and in Silt next week to talk about the company's drilling plans.
  02/03/2012 9:56pm
State: Oil and gas spills have declined
RIFLE, Colorado — The frequency and number of spills and releases connected to the oil and gas industry dropped significantly in 2011 compared to 2010, a state official said on Thursday.
  02/03/2012 9:52pm
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