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Category: Environment

Aspen Journalism’s “Connie Harvey Environment Desk” is named in honor of the longtime Aspen environmentalist.

Posted inEnvironment, Land Use

Local doctor seeks volunteers who live near gas wells for new study

by John Colson, Aspen Journalism May 5, 2014February 19, 2021

Local doctor seeks volunteers who live near gas wells to submit bodily fluids for testing as part of new study.

Posted inEnvironment, Land Use

BLM officials hear pleas to void oil and gas leases

Brent Gardner-Smith by Brent Gardner-Smith April 21, 2014February 19, 2021

There are 25 leases in the Thompson Divide area. Seven are held by Ursa Resources and 18 are held by SG Interests.

Posted inEnvironment, Skiing

A sense of green urgency at Park City’s Powdr Corp.

by Bob Ward/Aspen Journalism December 26, 2013February 19, 2021

Powdr’s culture of environmental stewardship has helped the company reduce its carbon footprint by nearly 60 percent in roughly seven years.

Posted inEnvironment, Skiing

A sprawling Vail Resorts works to reduce its carbon footprint

by Bob Ward/Aspen Journalism December 17, 2013February 19, 2021

Vail Resorts is doing aggressive work on the ground to reduce its energy consumption but is generally soft-spoken about global warming and the company’s role, if any, in fighting it.

Posted inEnvironment, Skiing

How Aspen Skiing Co. became a power company

by Bob Ward/Aspen Journalism November 18, 2013February 19, 2021

The strange, improbable deal united vastly different partners — one that mines black coal and another that sells holidays on white snow. The partners come from opposite ends of America’s political divide, but they agree it’s good to put an otherwise wasted resource to use.

Posted inEnvironment, Skiing

Aspen climate activists take pitch to DC

by Bob Ward/Aspen Journalism October 4, 2013February 19, 2021

Working to turn the heat up, and down, in DC.

Posted inEnvironment

Pushing the reset button on city’s Canary Initiative

Brent Gardner-Smith by Brent Gardner-Smith September 2, 2013February 19, 2021

Breathing new life into an effort to fight climate change.

Posted inEnvironment, Land Use

State on top of Parachute hydrocarbon plume incident, says COGCC director

Brent Gardner-Smith by Brent Gardner-Smith March 28, 2013February 19, 2021

The director of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission sought to reassure Pitkin County commissioners on Wednesday that appropriate actions were being taken to contain, and find the source of, a mysterious plume of hydrocarbons threatening Parachute Creek.

Posted inEnvironment, Land Use

Gas company has a bull’s-eye on one PitCo well

Brent Gardner-Smith by Brent Gardner-Smith February 11, 2013February 19, 2021

Of the pack of natural gas wells that SG Interests wants to drill in Pitkin County, there is one lead dog, and that’s well 8-89-31 #1. And if 8-89-31 #1 keeps its lead status, it would be the first gas well drilled and fracked in Pitkin County in decades.

Posted inEnvironment, Land Use

Residents gather to oppose drilling in Thompson-Divide

Brent Gardner-Smith by Brent Gardner-Smith February 6, 2013February 19, 2021

Federal and state officials, along with a trio of Garfield County commissioners, heard loud and clear from 30 of the citizens at the meeting that drilling for gas in the Thompson-Divide area was not a good idea.

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