Author: Scott Weiser scott.weiser@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Iconic California Zephyr celebrates 75th anniversary
On March 20, 1949, the first run of a new streamlined passenger train made for passenger comfort and enjoyment left Oakland, Calif. headed for Chicago. The three-day, two-night, 2,438-mile cross-country trip aboard the California Zephyr has become one of America’s most iconic and popular scenic rail journeys. Built for comfort, not speed, the train was…
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CPW establishes permanent aquatic pest inspection stations for boats at Colorado borders
Tiny mollusks from eastern Europe are a threat to Colorado water infrastructure and ecologies that the Colorado Division of Wildlife has been battling against since 2007. Legislation in 2021 authorized a study of the threat to Colorado waters. CPW and the Colorado State Patrol are setting up permanent inspection and decontamination stations at the Trinidad…
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Colorado joins multi-state coalition to defend EPA methane rule
Battle lines have been drawn in a fight between oil-producing red states and environmentally-driven blue states over a new regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency. Critics say it is an unauthorized expansion of the EPA’s regulatory authority. But proponents said it’s important to control pollution from methane emissions. Led by the attorneys general of Texas…
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Study: Colorado ban on oil and gas drilling will take a toll on education, destroy jobs, cut GDP
A bill introduced in the state senate to end oil and gas drilling poses a catastrophic threat to Colorado’s economy, according to researchers from the Common Sense Institute. Senate Bill 24-159 would require the state to cease issuing new oil and gas drilling permits by 2030. The bill was set to be heard on Thursday…
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Oil & gas industry supporters rally against proposal to end new drilling
Representatives of Colorado’s oil and gas industry, along with hundreds of supporters, gathered on the west steps of the state Capitol on Wednesday for a rally opposing a proposal to ban all new oil and gas drilling by 2030. Senate Bill 24-159 is scheduled to be heard on Thursday in the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. Dan…
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CPW establishes permanent aquatic pest inspection stations for boats at Colorado borders
Tiny mollusks from eastern Europe are a threat to Colorado water infrastructure and ecologies that the Colorado Division of Wildlife has been battling against since 2007. Legislation in 2021 authorized a study of the threat to Colorado waters. CPW and the Colorado State Patrol are setting up permanent inspection and decontamination stations at the Trinidad…
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Power companies race to prevent power lines, equipment from causing wildfires
A wildfire that burned through 1,700 square miles in Texas last week killed two women, destroyed as many as 500 structures and ravaged thousands of cattle. A fire driven by winds that exceeded 100 mph tore through 1,100 homes and killed two people in Superior, Louisville and Boulder County three years ago. And the catastrophic…
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Long Path Methane Detection System collection
Photos of Long Path methane detector system. Mix of Gazette photos and company photos with editing and copyright permissions
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Did wolves restore habitat? CSU study says maybe not
New research from Colorado State University is challenging the widely accepted narrative that the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park in the mid-1990s resulted in restoring the habitat that degraded after the apex predators were removed roughly a century ago. That narrative is one of the main arguments put forth by supporters of the…
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Colorado Democrats push to end new oil drilling by 2030
A proposal at the state Capitol to ban new oil and gas drilling in Colorado by 2030 — which sponsors claim is necessary to counteract climate change and address “adverse health impacts” — is raising a furor throughout the industry. Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Gov. Jared Polis said he was not consulted on the proposal…