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Conway: Education, Other Services At Risk With Proposition 112
Western Wire Following the Weld County Board of County Commissioners’ unanimous, 5-0 decision to oppose the 2,500-foot setback for new oil and gas production in this November’s Proposition 112 ballot...
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Energy Workers Make Personal Outreach To Colorado Friends, Neighbors To...
Source: Vital for Colorado In pushing back against a ballot measure that threatened tens of thousands of jobs in oil and gas and other sectors of the Colorado economy, the effort to defeat Proposition...
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Zinke’s Legacy At Interior: Reorganization And Streamlining Department, Agencies
As Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke prepares to exit at the end of the year, and candidates for his replacement are in the mix to be announced before the Christmas holiday, Western Wire takes a look at...
View ArticleWestern Wire Joins Vital For Colorado On 2019, Energy Media Landscape
Last week, Western Wire Managing Editor Michael Sandoval joined Jon Ekstrom, producer of Vital for Colorado Radio, to discuss the outlet’s coverage of state and federal regulations and policymaking,...
View ArticleNew Reporting Sheds Light on Who is Funding Sunrise
The foundations funding the national litigation effort against energy companies are the same donors supporting the Sunrise Movement, the upstart group behind the recent push for the Green New Deal,...
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Little New Emerges As Dems Preview Upcoming Colorado Oil And Gas Legislation
Western Wire For once, industry and activists are both on the same side: no comment on the bill. Or for those over 40, where’s the beef? Colorado caught a sneak peek at the Democrats’ expected oil and...
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Polis Reversal On Ozone Could Bring Federal ‘Straightjacket,’ Hurt Economy
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency In a surprise move, Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D-CO) reversed course on a key environmental issue—ground-level ozone—that could have serious repercussions for...
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Western Wire Joins 630 KHOW And 1310 KFKA On Polis Administration Emails
Western Wire Managing Editor Michael Sandoval has a full slate of radio appearances this week to discuss a series of emails obtained by Western Wire through an open records request between two of...
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Bigger, Better, Bakken: Petroleum Industry Optimism In North Dakota
Oil is a growth business, despite the change in the world’s energy mix. With exports from the Bakken formation centered on western North Dakota already heading to Asian and European markets, the...
View ArticleDevil’s Advocate: Green Emails And Health Risk Report
Last week, Western Wire Managing Editor Michael Sandoval joined Jon Caldara, President of the Denver-based Independence Institute, a free market think tank, to discuss emails and the Polis...
View ArticleWestern 2020 Democrats Knocked by Greenpeace, While Top-Tier Candidates...
Environmental group Greenpeace recently graded the 2020 Democratic presidential field and western candidates did not fare well, while those in the Northeast and the Pacific Northwest received extensive...
View ArticleEnergy Matters: North Dakota Asks Feds For $38 Million For DAPL Protest Funds
This week, Western Wire Managing Editor Michael Sandoval appeared on Scott Hennen’s “Energy Matters” (4PM time slot) to discuss North Dakota and the state Congressional delegation’s request for $38...
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In Pitch For The White House, Jay Inslee Introduces Climate Plan To End Oil...
Washington State Governor Jay Inslee Washington State Governor Jay Inslee, a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, has unveiled a sweeping climate change plan to eliminate oil and...
View ArticleDemocrats, Environmentalists Hope to Make 2020 a Climate Change Election, But...
Democrats and environmental champions tout climate and environmental issues as key battlegrounds in the 2020 race, but a forum held in DC this week found that while an important issue for some voters...
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Polis Forces EPA’s Hand To Reclassify Colorado’s Ozone Status, EPA Obliges
The Environmental Protection Agency’s completed Gov. Jared Polis’ request to reclassify the state’s air quality as it downgraded Colorado’s ozone status from “moderate” to “serious” for Denver and...
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Western Wire’s Year In Review: Best Of 2019
As 2019 comes to a close, the Western Wire team would like to take you back in our annual year in review. Rather than a handful of stories, beat reporting of issues and on agencies dominated much of...
View ArticleWestern Wire Joins Kim Monson Show To Discuss Denver Climate Tax...
This week, Western Wire Managing Editor Michael Sandoval joined the Kim Monson Show to talk about the current investigative series on the City of Denver’s 2019 climate tax debate. The breadth of...
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Warren’s Anti-Corruption Plan Could Put Obama Alums In The Hot Seat, Not Just...
Democratic Presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), has gained notoriety on the campaign trail for using the common refrain, “I’ve got a plan for that.” While new policy proposals...
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Leading Veep Picks For Biden Seek to Move Economy Away From Oil And Gas
Joe Biden ascended to the position of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee last week after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) suspended his campaign, shifting the focus to who he will pick as his vice...
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Divide Emerges As Anti-Fracking Activists Split On Initiatives Push,...
Joe Salazar, Executive Director of Colorado Rising The on-again, off-again, on-again battle over hydraulic fracturing regulations in Colorado is on again. For now. Just a day after the anti-fracking...
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