Author: Scott Weiser
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Oil & gas industry supporters rally against proposal to end new drilling
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Representatives of Colorado’s oil and gas industry, along with hundreds of supporters, gathered on the west steps of the state Capitol on Wednesday for a rally opposing a proposal to ban all new oil and gas drilling by 2030. Senate Bill 24-159 is scheduled to be heard…
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CPW establishes permanent aquatic pest inspection stations for boats at Colorado borders
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tiny mollusks from eastern Europe are a threat to Colorado water infrastructure and ecologies that the Colorado Division of Wildlife has been battling against since 2007. Legislation in 2021 authorized a study of the threat to Colorado waters. CPW and the Colorado State Patrol are…
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Power companies race to prevent power lines, equipment from causing wildfires
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A wildfire that burned through 1,700 square miles in Texas last week killed two women, destroyed as many as 500 structures and ravaged thousands of cattle. A fire driven by winds that exceeded 100 mph tore through 1,100 homes and killed two people in Superior,…
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Feds invest in laser methane leak detection technology developed at the University of Colorado Boulder
A Boulder company just landed federal funding to further develop Nobel Prize winning technology that continuously detects and quantifies methane emitted by oil and gas facilities using a laser that interacts only with methane gas molecules. The U.S. Department of Energy issued a $189 million conditional loan commitment on Jan. 5 to LongPath Technologies, Inc.…
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Did wolves restore habitat? CSU study says maybe not
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save New research from Colorado State University is challenging the widely accepted narrative that the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park in the mid-1990s resulted in restoring the habitat that degraded after the apex predators were removed roughly a century ago. That narrative is one…
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Q&A with state Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis on banning new oil and gas drilling by 2030
The Denver Gazette interviewed state Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis, D-Boulder, regarding her sponsorship of Senate Bill 24-159, which proposes to ban all new oil and gas drilling by 2030. The bill would not shut down existing wells but would prevent drilling activities to increase production in existing wells. It also extends liability for cleanup of…
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$88 million in federal funding to improve I-76 and U.S. 160
The U.S. Department of Transportation approved $88 million in funding for repairs and safety improvements to two important Colorado highways, Gov. Jared Polis announced Thursday. The projects are for improvements to US 160 in La Plata County between Durango and Bayfield, and reconstruction and bridge replacements on I-76 in Morgan County between Fort Morgan and…
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National Western Stock Show hits top 10 in attendance, 2nd highest livestock sales in history
The 2024 National Western Stock Show rode off into the sunset Sunday after a 16-day run. It brought 671,467 visitors to Denver and sold $1,374,000 worth of livestock during the Junior Livestock Champions auction — the second-highest sale total in show history. The economic benefits to Denver and Colorado from the thousands of competitors and…
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‘It’ll end us’ : Colorado cattle ranchers express fears over arrival of wolves
Don Gittleson, a rancher from Walden, was out in the pasture in a noisy diesel pickup truck one night when he heard a disturbing noise at the far end of his herd. His truck’s lights were on. He drove toward the noise and, to his horror, saw three wolves attacking a calf. He decided to…
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‘It’ll end us’ : Colorado cattle ranchers express fears over arrival of wolves
Don Gittleson, a rancher from Walden, was out in the pasture in a noisy diesel pickup truck one night when he heard a disturbing noise at the far end of his herd. His truck’s lights were on. He drove toward the noise and, to his horror, saw three wolves attacking a calf. He decided to…