by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe The governor cannot prohibit oil and gas drilling, or new leases, in federal waters off California’s coast “Governor Newsom announces historic new ocean protections as Trump pushes offshore drilling,” a press release from the governor’s office proclaims. [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel In the children’s book, the big bad wolf threatens to “huff and puff and blow your house down.” Colorado’s wolves may still be huffing and puffing but the rest is uncertain. Of the 25 wolves the state introduced between 2023 and 2025, 11 are [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel Last week, the Washington Post ran a lengthy article about the Palisade peach business, especially how this year’s Colorado River water problems may affect one of the West’s most unique industries. Several friends in D.C. called me about it, surprised that the Post would [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel Glenwood Canyon’s Hanging Lake Tunnels are modern engineering marvels, completed in 1991 at a cost of $75 million. They are three-quarters of a mile long and house a parking area for maintenance vehicles and a space-age command center that monitors cameras, operates variable message [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe ‘California is closed for business and the service industry is at the verge of a collapse’ I was recently contacted by an independent gasoline station owner regarding the financial challenges facing these operators in California. Over the [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe The threats to California’s water supply were important enough that the bill was passed by the California Legislature unanimously California Governor Gavin Newsom just vetoed Senate Bill 872, by Senator Jerry McNerney (D-Pleasanton), an important water infrastructure [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel Colorado has often been called the “rooftop state” because the water that falls on Colorado flows to other states, with virtually none flowing in. Geologists call it a “headwaters state” because so much of the nation’s water supply originates in Colorado. Both distinctions have [...]
by Vaughn Golden The New York Post Energy groups are pushing Gov. Kathy Hochul to restart Indian Point’s dormant nuclear reactors as part of a new ad blitz for “Climate Week.” The Democratic governor’s face will appear on a billboard on a truck alongside the message “open up Indian Point, or the heat goes out [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe The average price for a gallon of diesel in California is $8.43 Oil and gas experts are predicting that the price of gas in the U.S. is about to go down. The price of diesel in however, [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel The Common Sense Institute (CSI) just published an analysis of the economic impact of hunting and fishing in Colorado, to help inform debate on a November ballot measure called Amendment 83. It would enshrine in the state constitution the right of the people to [...]
