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Slow Go on the Plateau

The Roan Plateau: A Guide for the Perplexed

Oil Shale Rush Is Déjà Vu All Over Again

Former Denver Post columnist Diane Carman shows her partisanship

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

The week ahead: elections and energy

Ken Salazar wants windmills in the ocean, but first he'll have to save the Interior Department

Environmental group rips Obama's choice of Ken Salazar as Interior Secretary

Local coverage of Barack Obama's selection of Colorado Senator Ken Salazar as the next Secretary of the Interior has mostly been rah-rah, sis-boom-bah. Take the Denver Post editorial "Salazar a Wise Choice for West, Nation." But as noted in a National Public Radio story, assorted environmental gro ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Nathan Ybanez gets his week in court

By June of 1998, sixteen-year-old Nathan Ybanez couldn't take it any more. So he called his friend, seventeen-year-old Eric Jensen, to get him out of the house. And he got out, all right: In separate trials, both boys were convicted of the murder of Julie Ybanez, as detailed in Luke Turf's "Headed ... More >>

Fighting Mad

Tycoon Jack Grynberg says the energy industry has stolen millions from him -- and billions from the government. What if he's right?

Shark Bites

JAWS Unleashed is as sloppy as it is gory.

Duke of Oil

He took on big energy companies and won. So why did the feds fire him?

Grafton

Tuesday, August 30, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-6000.

Raiding the Roan

Rich in wildlife and natural resources, the Roan Plateau survived the last energy boom. Will this one destroy it?

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.

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 >>

Kid Hum's 'Fossil Fuels' turn into 'Offshore Drilling'

Back in December we lauded Colorado producer Kid Hum's solo instrumental album, Fossil Fuel, which he offered for free download. Apparently a lot of rappers felt inspired to possibly spit a rhyme or two over those instrumentals. With a blessing from Kid Hum, Khal of rockthedub.com proceeded to gathe ... More >>

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

Back in December we lauded Colorado producer Kid Hum's solo instrumental album, Fossil Fuel, which he offered for free download. Apparently a lot of rappers felt inspired to possibly spit a rhyme or two over those instrumentals. With a blessing from Kid Hum, Khal of rockthedub.com proceeded to gathe ... More >>

Salazar moves forward -- and backward -- on oil shale leases

​For decades, energy companies and the federal government have tinkered with ways of trying to extract the vast hydrocarbon fuel reserves buried in rock in western Colorado and eastern Utah. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar still has lots of questions about the process -- whether the curr ... More >>