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Congresswoman Diana DeGette, left, is being "encouraged" by Gov. Bill Ritter, right, to consider a study before pushing her bill.

Gov. Bill Ritter offered Colorado's natural gas industry his support Thursday in a speech on the last day of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association 's annual three-day conference.

CHURCHILL DENIED REINSTATEMENT: Former University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill was denied reinstatement after a judge ruled against him yesterday.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Garfield County Commissioner John Martin may not have taken a formal position concerning a proposal to list "frac'ing" - shorthand for hydraulic fracturing of a natural gas well - as one of the industrial activities covered by the U.S. Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974.

Inspiring. Thought-provoking. Invigorating. Life-changing. These are just a few of the words we've heard used to describe the Aspen Ideas Festival, the action-packed, weeklong exploration of some of the most important ideas and pressing issues we face presented by the Aspen Institute and The Atlantic magazine.

The words faster, fatter, bigger, cheaper might best summarize America's mentality when it comes to food according to the new documentary Food, Inc.

When U.S. Rep. John Salazar, D-Colo., voted against the American Clean Energy Security Act that recently, and narrowly, passed in the U.S. House of Representatives, he surprised some of his constituents, including fellow Democrats and environmental activists.

The latest salvo against the nation's agricultural-industrial complex is on the big screen.

Want to give the federal government more power to regulate an industry? Start by telling scare stories to alarm the public and set the industry on its heels.

Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., made headlines last month when she introduced legislation to regulate chemicals used in a part of the gas-drilling process called hydraulic fracturing.

A measure that would give federal officials greater sway over drilling for natural gas has drawn opposition from Club 20.

Two juveniles have been charged as adults in connection with a double shooting last Monday.

A new effort in Congress to protect water and rural livelihoods in oil and gas-producing areas deserves the support of the North Dakota delegation.

In a triumph for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed legislation Friday that calls for the nation's first limits on pollution linked to global warming and aims to usher in an era of cleaner, yet costlier, energy.

Part one: Who pays? Grab your checkbook... By SANDY LONG PENNSYLVANIA - Wayne County resident Lucille Giffone recently paid $450 to have her private well water tested to establish baseline readings in hope of protecting her water supply against the potential impacts of natural gas extraction in the Upper Delaware River region.

A leisurely stroll through the local blogosphere. Send tips . Jared Polis and Diana DeGette don't ask but tell Obama to kill Don't Ask Don't Tell.

U.S. natural gas reserves are likely 39 percent higher than estimated just two years ago as new technology is revealing deeper potential resources of energy.

Until recently, I had never heard the term "fracking," but I had heard of the general concept under a different name.

So, if Craig Meis is right and "99.5 percent of it is basically water and sand", what's the problem in providing a list of the ingredients in the fluids used in hydraulic fracturing? That practice, injecting fluids into underground rock and tight sand formations, is common out in the gas patch that includes our watersheds, private wells and a lot ...

The Mesa County commissioners have passed a resolution opposing federal regulation of a drilling technique that uses liquids to fracture rocks to release oil and gas.