All Posts Tagged With: "Western Resource Advocates"

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GAO Releases Report on Oil Shale - Water Nexus

One of the report’s recommendations includes establishing comprehensive baseline conditions for groundwater and surface water quality, and quantity in the Piceance and Uintah Basins to aid in the future monitoring of impacts from oil shale development in the Green River Formation.

30Nov2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Independent Study: Oil Shale Is a Poor
Energy Source

As the nation looks for new sources of fuel, one option being considered is oil shale. Opponents, however, claim in a new report released Monday that oil shale is no solution at all because it takes nearly as much energy to produce as it yields.

3Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Green Civil War: Projects vs. Preservation

“Are there conflicts between large-scale renewable energy development and land preservation?”, asks Udall. “Sure — but let’s keep things in perspective. When it comes to energy, Americans are spoiled. We insist on consuming our body weight in petroleum each week, but god forbid we see an oil well. Over the last half century, our energy appetites have been supersized.”

13Jan2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Tri-State, Western Resource Advocates Reach Accord on Electric Resource Planning

WRA energy program director John Nielsen said the new approach is a big step forward “because it provides an opportunity for members of the public to work with Tri-State to consider the role that clean-energy resources might play in its resource plan.”

10Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Feds Want More Time to Respond to
Oil Shale Lawsuits

The Obama administration said in its filing in federal court last week that recently appointed officials need additional time to review the issues concerning the opening of nearly 2 million acres of public land in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming for oil shale development.

25Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Western Resource Advocates Takes Issue
with Oil Shale Reporting

Says the WRA’s Roessmann, “The whole point of the RD&D program was to establish commercial and technical feasibility and assess environmental risks. The BLM’s efforts to develop a second round of oil shale leases essentially put the cart before the horse.”

20Jul2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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DOE Examines Oil Shale Development in New Study
Looks at Potential Impact on State Water Resources

The study is essentially an oil shale primer for regulators, policymakers, and the general public, and it acknowledges the key challenge for future extraction in Colorado will be protecting and conserving water resources.

21Apr2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Groups Urge PUC Oversight for Tri-State Generation

Tri-State Generation and Transmission is Colorado’s second-largest power supplier. That position, say environmentalists, means it should be subject to state oversight when it comes to building new power plants.

9Apr2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued


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