All Posts Tagged With: "Ken Salazar"

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Interior Floats New Draft Rules to
Regulate ‘Fracking’

The plan from Interior’s Bureau of Land Management also contains requirements on oil-and-gas well integrity to verify that fluids from the fracking process aren’t escaping into nearby water supplies, and requirements for management of large volumes of so-called flowback water.

7May2012 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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Salazar Talks Solar and Mining Projects Near
the Grand Canyon

On sustaining the solar tax credits, the Interior Secretary said “incentivizing these new entrants into the energy market is important. We give tax breaks to the oil and gas companies all across the country … There is every reason to provide incentives to the solar-energy world because of their importance.”

16Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Interior’s New Plan Aims to Build a Balanced Solar Energy Program on Public Lands

The supplemental appears to include a number of modifications that could improve the process for siting large-scale solar projects on public lands, including western Colorado’s San Luis Valley. Interior hopes it will lay the foundation for a durable, successful solar energy program.

28Oct2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Interior Wins
Legal Battle

The District Court decision in Wyoming affirming the Interior Department’s ability to weigh environmental impacts when issuing oil and gas leases on public lands – as long as it does so in a timely fashion. Still, Republicans are pushing hard to speed up both the leasing and the permitting process, and U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., recently blasted the Obama administration for impeding domestic oil and gas production.

But Robin Cooley (pictured above), the Earthjustice attorney for the groups that intervened in the Utah and Wyoming case, said the decision is actually a win-win for both the industry and the environmental community.

5Jul2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Interior Plans Overhaul to Oil and Gas Royalties

The proposed change would streamline the current royalty process from a complicated analyses to calculating royalties using a market price based on the geography of a region. “These changes could dramatically improve compliance and reduce administrative costs for industry and the government.”

25May2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Lively Exchange at BLM Oil Shale Meeting in Rifle

The meeting was part of the agency’s attempt to take a fresh look at an oil shale plan released in the closing days of the Bush Administration. More meetings on the controversial topic are scheduled for Denver today and in Cheyenne Thursday.

4May2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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CEN’s ‘Fracking’ Focus — News and Views

>>BLM Fracking Meeting in Golden Monday
>>Feds Taking In-Depth Examination of Process
>>Colorado Ranks Second in Carcinogen-Laced Fluids
>>Shell Oil President Wants Tighter Regs
>>Encana Joins Online Chemicals Database
>>NY Attorney General Threatens Lawsuit

25Apr2011 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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This Week’s Oil and Gas Developments

BLM to Revisit Oil Shale
Companies Get Big Fines for Stormwater Runoff
Elbert County Heats Up With Oil and Gas Fever
Fracking Chemical Registry Not Enough Say Critics
Texas Company Told to Cease and Desist in Colorado
Local Governments Oppose COGCC Board Remake

14Apr2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Industry Battles Claims That Leases Are Languishing

They’re refuting allegations they are sitting idle on drilling leases covering tens of millions of acres while the cost of crude is climbing. “It is a convenient way to detract attention from policies that undermine the mission of supplying Americans with the energy they need,” said API’s Erik Milito.

1Apr2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Salazar Report Refutes GOP Claim Administration is Blocking Oil and Gas Drilling

Overall, 45 percent of all onshore leases and 57 percent of all leased acres are idle. “The simple truth is approval rates for drilling permits are up, and industry lays idle hands on over 21 million acres of public lands,” said Matt Garrington of the Checks & Balances Project in Denver.

31Mar2011 | admin | 8 comments | Continued
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Feds to Review Oil Shale Rules Challenged By Environmentalists

Salazar said the review will settles two lawsuits filed by environmental groups over the federal government’s rules for commercial-scale oil shale operations put forth in the last days of the Bush Administration. The rules changed the BLM’s oil-shale plans in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.

16Feb2011 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Colorado Public Lands Identified for Potential Solar Energy Development

The detailed study, known as the Draft Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, was compiled over the past two years as part of the Obama Administration’s efforts to create a framework for developing renewable energy in ‘the right way and in the right places.’

17Dec2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Feds Give Green Light for Mega Solar Projects
on Public Lands

Both Southern California solar developments will be launched by the end of this year and should generate nearly 1,000 jobs. We could use projects like these in Colorado. See video from BLM Bob Abbey about the Solar Fast Tracks program.

6Oct2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued


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