All Posts Tagged With: "air quality"
Groups Claim BLM Cut-and-Paste Drilling Approvals Illegally Ignore Air Pollution Impacts
“The BLM has approved thousands of oil and gas wells with no analysis of the air pollution they cause,” said Peter Hart of Wilderness Workshop.“Instead, the agency simply cut-and-pasted incorrect boilerplate statements about the Roan EIS into its environmental analyses for dozens of projects.”
20Jun2011 | admin | 1 comment | ContinuedRaising the Stakes: Ground Zero Law Firm Sues Over Colorado Drilling
A New York law firm that won a major settlement for World Trade Center rescue workers is representing residents of Colorado’s Western Slope who say their health has been impacted by the boom in oil and gas operations in the region. Last week they filed their first lawsuit.
29Mar2011 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedReport Ranks Colorado 21st for Power Plant
CO2 Emissions
The bigger news is that CO2 emissions in the state decreased 47 percent between 2000 and 2010, according to the report issued Friday by the Environmental Integrity Project. Nationwide, emissions rose more than 5.56 percent in 2010 from the previous year.
19Feb2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued