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No way to cope with COPD; stop smoking

Tammie Freitag has two words for smokers. “Stop smoking,” she said. “Put it in bold, stop smoking, please.”

February 19, 2009 by Jeff Burkhead Comments are Disabled

Record number of drilling permits in Garfield County

GARFIELD COUNTY — The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission approved 2,888 drilling permits in Garfield County in 2008, highest in the state and the most-ever approved in Garfield County.

February 5, 2009 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Environmentalists file oil shale lawsuits

RBC — Thirteen environmental groups Friday filed two lawsuits

January 22, 2009 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Shell Oil moving ahead with plans for oil shale production

RBC — It was a big news week for Shell Oil. First, it was announced Jan. 7 that Shell had filed for water rights on the Yampa River. The water would be used for the company’s future oil shale operations.

January 15, 2009 by Jeff Burkhead Comments are Disabled

Record drilling permits in ’08

RBC — The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Monday reported 8,027 drilling permits were issued in 2008, 26 percent higher than the previous record of 6,366 permits issued in 2007.

January 15, 2009 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Pinedale residents warn of energy impact

RBC — Officials from Pine-dale, Wyo., visited Rio Blanco County in August to compare notes with officials here about the impact of energy development.

December 4, 2008 by Jeff Burkhead Comments are Disabled

Pipelines race out of the mountains into yards

DENVER (AP) — In the push toward more energy independence, massive infrastructure projects that will help to deliver it have clashed with cherished rights of land ownership.

December 4, 2008 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Energy companies are taking conservative approach to ’09

Companies’ plans tied to U.S. economy RBC — With the slowdown in the economy and the uncertainty of the markets, energy companies operating in Rio Blanco County are approaching the new year accordingly. “We can’t speculate about 2009, because we don’t know what the economy will do,” said Jim Lowry[Read More…]

November 27, 2008 by Jeff Burkhead Comments are Disabled

Woman critical after rollover by semi

RBC — A 43-year-old Iowa City, Iowa, woman is in critical condition after she was run over Monday by a semi-trailer at a gas pipeline construction site.

November 20, 2008 by Jeff Burkhead Comments are Disabled

Group says oil shale regs will benefit consumers

RANGELY — Environmentally Con-scious Consumers for Oil Shale (ECCOS) Tuesday marked a major milestone in the nation’s effort to become more energy independent–according to a publication by the U.S. Dept. of the Interior of final commercial leasing regulations for oil shale.

November 20, 2008 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

County Road 5 will hold info. meeting

RBC — The Rio Blanco County Road and Bridge Department invites the public to attend an informative meeting about the County Road 5 (CR 5) Corridor Project. This meeting will be held Tuesday, Nov. 18 at the Rock School Community Building, located along County Road 5 near Milepost 23.5, in[Read More…]

November 13, 2008 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Drilling in NW Colorado could degrade elk and deer herds, native trout habitat

RBC — As sportsmen flock to western Colorado to hunt elk and mule deer, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership recently announced its protest of federal leases that would permit oil and gas drilling in crucial big-game winter range and migration corridors and Colorado cutthroat trout habitat.

November 6, 2008 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled