By Judith Kohler The Denver Post
Newly confirmed Interior Secretary Deb Haaland kicked off a forum Thursday on a review of energy development on public lands and waters by saying that “fossil fuels will continue to play a major role in America for years to come.”
However, Haaland, who signed ...
Shared from the 9/6/2020 The Denver Post eEdition By Judith Kohler
Smoke from the Pine Gulch Fire fills the air around oil and gas development in the Roan Plateau on Aug. 24 in Grand Junction. The two major party contenders for president have very different views on the direction the U.S. shou...
Shared from the 8/20/2020 The Denver Post eEdition By Judith Kohler The Denver Post
Environmental organizations are suing to scrap a management plan that would allow oil and gas drilling across public lands in southwestern Colorado.
Six environmental groups filed the lawsuit in U.S. District ...
By Matthew Brown The Associated Press
BILLINGS, MONT.» The Trump administration has awarded energy companies hundreds of breaks on payments for oil and gas extraction from U.S. lands and the Gulf of Mexico during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a government database and federal officials.
T...
U.S. Emissions Dropped in 2019:
By Nicholas Kusnetz
JAN 7, 2020
Greenhouse gas emissions in the United States dropped last year after a sharp increase in 2018, new data released Tuesday show. The drop resumed a long-term downward trend driven chiefly by a shift away from coal power generati...