Oil Shale Development
October 20, 2009--Colo. seeks more info on oil shale impact (Vail Daily)
A Colorado official says the state supports oil shale development but wants more information about the potential impacts on water, the environment and public health before commercial development begins. Bob Randall of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources says the state also wants the federal government to proceed slowly with further leases on public land for research and development.
October 3, 2009--A return of Colorado's oil shale boom? (Aspen Times)
A professor from the Colorado School of Mines in Boulder thinks it is possible that oil shale production could return to the Western Slope within a couple of decades. But, stressed Jeremy Boak, head of the Center for Oil Shale Technology and Research at the school, that will not happen without considerable additional research by the oil and gas industry and others.
April 1, 2009--Water Board concerned with state's interest in local water (Crested Butte News)
There’s a lot of attention on Blue Mesa Reservoir these days.
- Aspinall Water Storage Unit
- Blue Mesa Reservoir
- Bureau of Reclamation
- Colorado
- Colorado Department of Natural Resources
- Colorado River
- Colorado River Compact
- Colorado Water Congress
- Colorado Water Conservation Board
- Oil Shale Development
- Press Clippings
- Upper Colorado River Compact
- Upper Gunnison Basin
- Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District
- Water Storage
- Water Supply
- Yampa River
March 9, 2009--Yampa River water plan hits wall of foes (Denver Post)
A bid by the Shell Exploration and Production Co. for a 15 billion- gallon water right has sparked opposition letters from 25 federal, state and local agencies, along with businesses and environmental groups.
March 5, 2009--Agricultural water may be targeted by oil shale development (Rifle Citizen Telegram)
Commercial oil shale development in Western Colorado, Wyoming and Utah would require an "earth-shattering" amount of water, and the first place the industry would likely try to acquire it is from farmers a
March 1, 2009--Water district files opposition to Shell request (Denver Post)
A water district has filed a statement of opposition to a request by Shell Frontier Oil and Gas for substantial water rights on the Yampa River.
January 9, 2009--State water needs on collision course (Pueblo Chieftain)
While competing water needs are on a collision course in Colorado,
land-use decision-makers and water providers have barely begun to talk
about how to deal with shortfalls. That was the assessment of
Harris Sherman, executive director of the Colorado Department of
Natural Resources, at a meeting of Action 22 Thursday at Colorado State
University-Pueblo.
January 7, 2009--Shell eyes Yampa River (Denver Post)
Shell Oil, seeking to buttress its oil-shale
plans, has filed for the first major water right on northwest Colorado's Yampa
River — the last river basin in the state with unappropriated water.
January 7, 2009--Conservation groups threaten suit over oil shale (Denver Post)
Environmental groups are threatening to sue the federal
government to block plans for commercial oil shale development on nearly 2
million acres of public land in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. Twelve groups sent letters to
Tuesday to the Interior Department and Bureau of Land Management saying they
will sue unless the potential impacts on endangered species are addressed.
December 16, 2008--Western Challenges (Rocky Mountain News)
Ken Salazar will face a mountain of environmental challenges - many centered in Colorado - should he take over as czar of Western lands, water and wildlife in his role as U.S. Interior secretary.
