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Garfield County fired oil and gas liaison Judy Jordan, but hasn’t yet said why. KDNK’s Conrad Wilson reports.
Wilderness Workshop lawsuit claims drilling approvals are illegal -
“It claims the feds cut-and-pasted the findings of a 2006 air quality analysis, conducted to assess leases for the Roan Plateau, onto 30-plus projects that are not in that area, granting them approval for drilling without doing any actual analysis of the other sites.”| Aspen Daily News Online
Watch the 2011 Aspen Ideas Festival on FORA.TV -
“Early bird online event passes are available now for $199. After June 20 online event passes will be available for $249.” - General News - redOrbit
DEA says birthday bash reveals close ties in Aspen narcotics case -
“DiSalvo and Braudis, contacted Friday about Pedersen’s statements, said they did attend the April party, but their presence doesn’t back the DEA’s contention they were close friends with Reid — or enabled him to freely deal cocaine.” | PostIndependent.com
Enviro groups sue over lack of oil and gas air-pollution analysis near Roan Plateau -
“Filed in U.S. District Court by Earthjustice on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Wilderness Workshop and the Wilderness Society, the lawsuit accuses the BLM of violating the National Environmental Policy Act.” | The Colorado Independent
The Twisty, Bent Truth of the NPR-Sting Video -
“He mentions that he lives in Aspen, and that some of his rich Republican neighbors—the Goldwater conservatives above—felt alienated from the right wing of the GOP even before the Tea Party came together in 2009:” - Time
It's Time for a Ban on Fracking -
“Fracking threatens our water — water we use for drinking, farming and bathing — and the speed with which the industry is developing drilling sites while federal and local governments slowly figure out what to do is disconcerting.” - HuffPo
Excerpt - The Social Animal - By David Brooks - NYTimes.com -
“You’d see a paragon of the Composure Class lunching al fresco at some shaded bistro in Aspen or Jackson Hole.”
Public forum on election issues draws large crowd (in Center, CO) -
“Aspen voting integrity activist Marilyn Marks was the main presenter for the event and Lisa Cyriacks acted as moderator.” The Center Post Dispatch
“He was a great man and a great newspaperman — and that is the end of it.” - The Aspen Times Weekly
Former Bush EPA Official Says Fracking Exemption Went Too Far; Congress Should Revisit -
“I think this is one where it is important for the EPA and the Congress to ensure that the public has the relevant information as to what is happening in the hydraulic fracturing process.” ProPublica
Bill Aims to Boost Ski Areas’ Off-Season -
“A bipartisan team of legislators is putting forward a bill intended to make it easier for ski resorts to get permission for non-ski activities on Forest Service land.” - New West
Local schools get state budget cuts -
“Aspen Superintendent John Maloy estimated the district will be required to pare $300,000 to $400,000 out of its budget for next year.”
Demand for uranium threatens Grand Canyon biodiversity -
“The natural beauty and unique species of the Grand Canyon are ‘in the crosshairs’ because of renewed interest in the region’s uranium reserves.” - The Guardian
$1.26B spent on PitCo real estate in 2010 -
“The dollar volume of all Aspen real estate sales in Pitkin County increased 17.75 percent in 2010 to $1.26 billion, up from $1.07 billion in the prior year, according to research by Land Title Guarantee Co.” - Goldsmith & Co.