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With each passing day, there seems to be another news story that bemoans the damage caused by climate change only to point the finger of blame squarely at the oil and gas industry. Economist Mark Jaccard, however, feels that anti-fracking activists’ may be operating under several mistaken assumptions regarding the role of oil and gas in climate change. Jaccard is one of a growing number of experts examining the broader impact of oil and gas around

In early January, the Trump administration released a bold new proposal to boost the efficiency of American business while preserving the sanctity of the U.S. environment. The initiative would streamline the currently protracted environmental impact review process by shaving as much as fifty percent off the current wait time. Five Years and Counting On the first day of January, 1970, President Richard Nixon signed into law the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The new law

In December, billionaire hedge fund manager Chris Hohn made headlines when he sent several very public letters to companies with which he’d invested. As the head of the charitably-named The Children’s Investment (TCI) Fund (which holds more than $28 billion in assets), the people on the receiving end of those letters were big names like Google, Microsoft, and the Canadian National Railway.  In the letter, TCI proclaimed that it would begin to make financial decisions

At Upstream Petroleum, we’re proud to use our resources to invest in the safety, health, and well-being of every citizen of Colorado. That’s just one of the reasons that we regularly contribute to charities near and dear to our hearts. Take, for instance, our recent contribution to the Denver Rescue Mission.  For more than a century, the Denver Rescue Mission has offered the city’s homeless citizens an opportunity to get back on their feet through education,

On December 26, Coloradan Jennifer Rollins captured a minute of footage of a drone as it hovered above her home for around half an hour. A few days later, another Coloradan captured similar footage. Throughout December, residents in northeastern Colorado and parts of Nebraska began to report similar drone sightings in the skies at night. The enigmatic machines are larger than average, with an estimated wingspan of six feet. Several citizens have reported not individual drones hovering