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Energy Sector

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Ken Salazar wants more drilling, but industry won't oblige?

    See, it's like this. Far from being the obstructionist tree-hugger his critics accuse him of being, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar really, really wants to drill, baby, drill, for oil and gas on federal lands and offshore. He wants to drill the hell out of the place. But the energy companies a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2012

    Pierced Arrows at Hi-Dive, 4/21/12

    PIERCED ARROWS @ HI-DIVE | 4/21/12As the last notes of "The Wait" ended, they blended into the Toody Cole's familiar bass pulse that introduced Pierced Arrows' epic, and much beloved, "Paranoia." Fred Cole tapped the Bigsby on his Guild Polara to modulate the feedback before heading into one of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    Cory Gardner talks energy prices, takes lobbyist cash

    This past Saturday, Colorado Representative Cory Gardner, a member of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, was tapped to offer the Weekly Republican Address on skyrocketing energy costs. But at the same time, a CBS report showed that he's been expending lots of gas on another topic.

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    Ken Salazar's salary at center of David Vitter ethics complaint, CREW tells Keith Olbermann

    Ken Salazar.​During last night's sophomore edition of Countdown on Current TV, Keith Olbermann featured an extended segment about Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filing an ethics complaint against Louisiana Senator David Vitter. But the man in the middle of the cont ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2011

    Ask the bartender: Meet Rory Donovan of Peach Street Distillers

    ​Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Oil-shale plans could be derailed by ruling on Graham's penstemon, an endangered plant

    Susan Meyer​William Blake saw heaven in a wildflower. The energy industry sees nothing but trouble. Last week, a federal judge in Denver ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision not to declare an obscure plant as endangered was "arbitrary and capricious" -- a ruling that could ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Ken Salazar to drill-baby-drill crowd: Stop whining and get cracking

    Ken Salazar.​A year after being chastised for being too hasty in opening up offshore oil leases for exploration, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar was fielding questions from former colleagues in the Senate about why the administration isn't issuing more drilling permits to boost domestic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Harrold Wright: The unsung whistleblower behind a big settlement with Big Oil

    John JohnstonBobby Maxwell​The Department of the Interior's Office of Natural Resources Revenue recently announced that Shell Oil and related companies have agreed to pay the goverment $2.2 million to resolve claims that the companies underpaid royalties from natural gas wells on federal and I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    4/20: A day that will really live in infamy

    Deepwater Horizon.​Does any other day carry as heavy a load as April 20? The day's fate was sealed in 1889, when Adolf Hitler was born in a small village in Austria. In the early '70s, April 20 also became an underground stoner holiday, now so aboveground that it's celebrated across the countr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Restaurant roll call for February

    Lori MidsonMark Dym opened his second Marco's Coal-Fired Pizzeria in February.​February saw a handful of high-profile openings, including a second Marco's Coal-Fired Pizzeria in the upscale Vallagio project. But Denver also lost a couple of longtime restaurants, including the Rocky Mountain Di ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    La Choza serves up tacos, tortas and breakfast burritos from a gas station in Boulder

    Lori Midson​In the past two weeks, our culinary escapades have taken us to two gas stations: first, to Pho Bowl, which recently opened in a Conoco in Denver. Then, this past weekend, we checked out La Choza, a taco trailer that's practically attached to a Sinclair on the Diagonal Highway in Bo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    Jarrett Berlin unarmed when SWAT team shot him, cohort Tara Salazar says he was massacred

    Large pics below.​Update: On Friday, the Lakewood Police Department confirmed that Jarrett Berlin, shot and killed by a SWAT team after a standoff at the Bentley Apartments, was unarmed at the time of his death. Now, Tara Salazar, the woman who was allegedly in the car he used to get away from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    Social studies: Education officials debate adding it to state tests, as Americans get dumber

    Recognize this fella?​ Do you know from which country the U.S. of A. declared its independence in 1776? If so, consider yourself among the 74 percent of Americans who do. If not, consider yourself dumber than a first grader, which is when everyone learns about George Washington and how he comm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    Ken Salazar: Democrats holding Senate might've been easier if he hadn't taken Obama's job offer

    Ken Salazar.​Tired of the endless Ken Buck/Michael Bennet attack ads that have made it unsafe to turn on your television for the past month? Blame Barack Obama, who pulled Ken Salazar from his spot in the U.S. Senate and put him in the cabinet as the Secretary of the Interior. How's that worki ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 15, 2010

    Three important Biennial art exhibits bring the Western world to Denver

    Ken Salazar.​Tired of the endless Ken Buck/Michael Bennet attack ads that have made it unsafe to turn on your television for the past month? Blame Barack Obama, who pulled Ken Salazar from his spot in the U.S. Senate and put him in the cabinet as the Secretary of the Interior. How's that worki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Gary Faulkner displays Colorado's can-do spirit

    ​And here we thought Ryan Snodgrass and Justin Lariscy, the rafting guides who rescued a thirteen-year-old girl from Clear Creek and got arrested as thanks, were take-charge guys. Now comes news of Gary Faulkner, the Greeley man who made it his mission to kill Osama Bin Laden -- and was pack ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    Westword Music Knowcase: We sucked. Big time.

    ​ After all our hype, all our shit-talking and all of our preparation (okay, preparation consisted solely of previously mentioned hype and shit talking, we admit it), we came, we played and we got our ever-loving asses kicked at our own music Knowcase. Yeah, we came in a desultory sixth place. Si ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Ken Salazar fumes, hair booms nixed: Gulf spill update

    Department of the InteriorSituation hairy: The Deepwater Horizon rig, before it sank. ​As oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster begins to stain shorelines along the Gulf Coast, beauticians across the nation are learning that one of the more feel-good (and dubious) solutions proposed in recen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    Ken Salazar: Lessons on the Gulf spill from Denver's own "toxic horror"

    Photo by Alan PrendergastWhite-tailed deer cross a road at the Rocky Mountain National Wildlife Refuge.​Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has been spending a lot of time on the Gulf Coast lately, dealing with the noxious plumes (environmental and political) spewing from the Deepwater Horiz ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Ken Salazar, and the uncertainties of his quest for certainty

    "Come on. Won't somebody please ask me about oil and gas leases?"​Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar says his energy plan will bring more certainty to the way public lands get leased and drilled, but it's hard to say who's paying attention. During a teleconference yesterday to announce the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Scott McInnis (kind of) tops Colorado Ethics Watch's top five ethics scandals of 2009 list

    "Hey, my hands are clean!"​Last year, ethics in Colorado improved by 50 percent -- at least judging by Colorado Ethics Watch's list of the year's top ethical standards. After all, the 2008 edition was ten items long, but the 2009 sports just five. "We realized it had been a slow year," says ne ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 19, 2009

    Say Yes to the Yes Men

    "Hey, my hands are clean!"​Last year, ethics in Colorado improved by 50 percent -- at least judging by Colorado Ethics Watch's list of the year's top ethical standards. After all, the 2008 edition was ten items long, but the 2009 sports just five. "We realized it had been a slow year," says ne ... More >>

  • News

    October 1, 2009

    Ken Salazar takes a step forward by booting Interior's royalties program

    "Hey, my hands are clean!"​Last year, ethics in Colorado improved by 50 percent -- at least judging by Colorado Ethics Watch's list of the year's top ethical standards. After all, the 2008 edition was ten items long, but the 2009 sports just five. "We realized it had been a slow year," says ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    Claim: No "peak-oil crisis" -- thanks partly to Western Colorado oil shale

    ​Worried that the world's oil supplies will soon dwindle into nothingness? Relax -- we've got plenty. At least that's the assertion of H. Sterling Burnett, a senior fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis, which describes itself as a "nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research org ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    Did the spontaneity-free climate-change rally in Greeley have a Mr. Burns touch?

    As we pointed out yesterday, a climate-change rally in Greeley on Wednesday didn't exactly qualify as a grassroots uprising, given the participation of EnergyCitizens.org, an affiliate of the American Petroleum Institute, which opposes legislation to cap greenhouse gases recently passed by the U.S. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    Tonight at the Wynkoop: Author Andrew Nikiforuk reveals Canada's dirty oil secrets

    Most Americans probably don't know that Canada has replaced Saudi Arabia as our primary source of imported oil. And fewer still have any idea that much of the Canadian oil, refined into gasoline at places like Suncor Energy's plant in Commerce City, is some of the nastiest stuff on earth, obtained ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: Stimulate This

    The last time this state's economy went bust, Colorado fought its way back by constructing Denver International Airport. That's not going to be an option this time, Governor Bill Ritter said as he walked along DIA's Concourse B Thursday, off on a fast (less than 24-hour) trip to the East Coast to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    Shmuck in a Shell

    It's a new year, so all of the Shmucks from 2008 -- well their transgressions are just raging, unclaimed water under the bridge. But a new year means new Shmucks! And the first is making a claim for some of that raging water. Earlier this week, Shell Oil filed for "the first major water right on th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2008

    Sleaze, sex, cocaine -- and oh yeah, billions in lost revenues -- at Bush's Interior

    It's a new year, so all of the Shmucks from 2008 -- well their transgressions are just raging, unclaimed water under the bridge. But a new year means new Shmucks! And the first is making a claim for some of that raging water. Earlier this week, Shell Oil filed for "the first major water right on th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2008

    Economic downturn hits Idaho Springs

    It's a new year, so all of the Shmucks from 2008 -- well their transgressions are just raging, unclaimed water under the bridge. But a new year means new Shmucks! And the first is making a claim for some of that raging water. Earlier this week, Shell Oil filed for "the first major water right on th ... More >>

  • News

    September 4, 2008

    William Orr's quest for better, cheaper gas left him facing prison time

    It's a new year, so all of the Shmucks from 2008 -- well their transgressions are just raging, unclaimed water under the bridge. But a new year means new Shmucks! And the first is making a claim for some of that raging water. Earlier this week, Shell Oil filed for "the first major water right on th ... More >>

  • News

    August 28, 2008

    Speer Boulevard corners the market on views -- and Obama souvenirs

    It's a new year, so all of the Shmucks from 2008 -- well their transgressions are just raging, unclaimed water under the bridge. But a new year means new Shmucks! And the first is making a claim for some of that raging water. Earlier this week, Shell Oil filed for "the first major water right on th ... More >>

  • News

    July 31, 2008

    Bless This Mess

    It's a new year, so all of the Shmucks from 2008 -- well their transgressions are just raging, unclaimed water under the bridge. But a new year means new Shmucks! And the first is making a claim for some of that raging water. Earlier this week, Shell Oil filed for "the first major water right on th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2008

    Answers to the 1st Annual BCS Corporate Sponsor Bowl Quiz presented by Westword.com

    It's a new year, so all of the Shmucks from 2008 -- well their transgressions are just raging, unclaimed water under the bridge. But a new year means new Shmucks! And the first is making a claim for some of that raging water. Earlier this week, Shell Oil filed for "the first major water right on th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2008

    1st Annual BCS Corporate Sponsor Bowl Quiz Presented by Westword.com

    It's a new year, so all of the Shmucks from 2008 -- well their transgressions are just raging, unclaimed water under the bridge. But a new year means new Shmucks! And the first is making a claim for some of that raging water. Earlier this week, Shell Oil filed for "the first major water right on th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2008

    Haiti Travelogue: Day One

    It's a new year, so all of the Shmucks from 2008 -- well their transgressions are just raging, unclaimed water under the bridge. But a new year means new Shmucks! And the first is making a claim for some of that raging water. Earlier this week, Shell Oil filed for "the first major water right on th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2007

    The Roan Plateau: A Guide for the Perplexed

    It's a new year, so all of the Shmucks from 2008 -- well their transgressions are just raging, unclaimed water under the bridge. But a new year means new Shmucks! And the first is making a claim for some of that raging water. Earlier this week, Shell Oil filed for "the first major water right on th ... More >>

  • News

    October 25, 2007

    Anarchists, Arise!

    Unconventional Action hopes to see the largest gathering of anarchists in American history in Denver next year.

  • Calendar

    July 8, 2004

    Bush Bash

    Hustler's Flynt takes on el presidente

  • Calendar

    April 29, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Hustler's Flynt takes on el presidente

  • News

    March 13, 2003

    Anti-War Craft

    Students ruffle Auraria's tradition of apathy.

  • Food & Drink

    April 4, 2002

    Best Expense-Account Dinner

    Restaurant Kevin Taylor

  • News

    November 8, 2001

    This Thug's Life

    Frank Lontine thought being in a gang would be cool. Now he's got plenty of time to think about why it isn't.

  • News

    October 4, 2001

    Gas Pains

    Drilling for natural gas on the Western Slope has punched holes in some residents' dreams of solitude. Others see it as the way of the West.

  • News

    July 19, 2001

    Walking Tall

    He was kicked out of a recent career fair, but Bill Coleman always stands out on the job.

  • News

    March 23, 2000

    All's Not Well

    Bon Carbo residents are still fighting for their right to clean water.

  • News

    November 12, 1998

    Look Out Below!

    When a Denver gas company started drilling wells in Las Animas County, it brought bad feelings to the surface.

  • News

    February 26, 1998

    Worse Than a Pledge Drive

    A southeast Denver neighborhood howls about a public-TV station's profit-making development proposal.

  • News

    January 15, 1998

    No Taxation Without Misrepresentation

    A state property-tax goofup means that a poor Colorado county has to pay back a huge oil company.

  • News

    December 11, 1997

    Socket to Me

    If Colorado deregulates electricity, Californians will be first in line for the state's cheap power--and Coloradans may get fried.

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