In the seemingly never-ending quest to demonize oil and gas interests, the nation’s Native American tribes are often trotted out and held up as universally opposed to exploration. That’s not the case, as Western Energy Alliance President Kathleen Sgamma recently found out. The Chaco Canyon Buffer In New Mexico, new legislation titled HR 2181 would add a 10-mile “exclusionary” zone around Chaco Canyon National Park. The sole purpose of the bill would be the total
For most of recorded history, the Arctic has been classified as no man’s land, a sprawling, icy desert inhabited only by creatures built explicitly for the task. In recent decades, however, cutting edge technology and drastic updates in transportation have turned the Arctic from an alien landscape into a potentially viable source of ever-important oil and gas. As the Arctic gets closer, a group of eight nations is laying their claim to the valuable stretch
Anti-fracking protest group Colorado Rising has filed suit against the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) in the hopes of putting a complete stop to any more drilling permits until regulations are rewritten to take into account new legislation, SB-181. SB-181 Strikes Again In a suit filed on Wednesday, infamous anti-fracking group Colorado Rising demanded that a judge put a halt to any and all new drilling permits issued by the COGCC. The rabble-rousing nonprofit
On a recent out-of-district trip, freshman Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continued to transfix audiences as she continued to drum up support for her controversial Green New Deal. Unfortunately for crowds smitten with the New York Rep, the aftermath of AOC’s trip has become mired in potential scandal. Why Was She in Colorado? At every moment in her trip, the New York rep continued her rampage against the oil and gas industry, taking time out from legislating
The 2020 Attack on Fracking
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As a tumultuous 2019 winds down, United States citizens are bracing themselves for what is sure to be one of the most combative Presidential elections in history. Once the mud-slinging and name-calling have been set aside, it seems that the most significant issue being debated is the United States’ energy future. As the call for climate action gains more traction, several Democratic presidential candidates have jumped on the bandwagon by calling for an outright ban