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Group meets to investigate Pavillion’s bad water – Billings Gazette 03/01/11

2011-03-2

Jeremy Fugleberg | March 1, 2011 | Reposted from the Billings Gazette PAVILLION, Wyo. — Government officials, the state rural drinking water association and a natural gas firm have banded together to seek the answer to an important question: What is contaminating the drinking water in wells around Pavillion? On Tuesday, the representatives hammered out… Read more »

2011-02-28

Ben Geman | February 28, 2011 | Reposted from The Hill Two top House Democrats launched an investigation Monday into the potential health risks of drilling for natural gas on public lands. House Natural Resources Committee ranking member Edward Markey (Mass.) and Rep. Rush Holt (N.J.), the top Democrat on the energy subcommittee, asked the… Read more »

2011-02-24

Ben Geman | February 24, 2011 | Reposted from The Hill Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Thursday struck back at critics of his “Wild Lands” conservation initiative, comments that come days after the House approved GOP legislation to block funding for the program. “I think there are people who have made more of this issue than… Read more »

2011-02-21

Penny Stine | February 21, 2011 | Reposted from The Daily Sentinel When it comes to public land, Mesa County and Colorado both have plenty. As stewards of a fair share of the public land in Colorado, the Bureau of Land Management does its best to balance multiple uses. “Some people want to preserve it… Read more »

2011-02-21

David O. Williams | February 21, 2011 | Reposted from Real Vail Congressman Jared Polis, a Boulder Democrat who represents Vail and surrounding Eagle County, is skeptical that vast oil shale reserves just to the west of his district in neighboring Garfield County are what one pro-business publication last week deemed “the brightest hope for… Read more »

2011-02-18

Andrew Rustuccia | February 15, 2011 | Reposted from The Hill’s E2 Wire Lawmakers should support a proposal to eliminate tax breaks for the oil and gas industry if they are “really serious about the deficit,” President Obama said Tuesday. But the proposal, outlined in Obama’s budget request Monday, faces major obstacles in Congress. Republicans… Read more »

2011-02-15

After decades of growing fat off the taxpayers, oil and gas companies are crying now that the meal may be done. In the 2012 budget, the Obama administration is, again, targeting the $3.6 billion fossil fuel industries receive in tax breaks and taxpayer-funded subsidies. Maybe the third time will be the charm for this effort…. Read more »

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