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Six Colorado oil and gas commissioners get preliminary confirmation

February 28th, 2008

Six nominees to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, including a Garfield County representative, were confirmed by a Senate committee on Tuesday, despite protests from Republicans that they weren’t given enough information on their views.
The six were nominated by Gov. Bill Ritter after lawmakers expanded and revamped the commission to make it more responsive [...]

Uranium Energy Corp Announces Appointment of Paul Pierce as Manager of Mine Development

April 6th, 2007

Uranium Energy Corp announces the further expansion of its technical team with the appointment of Paul Pierce as the Manager of Mine Development. Mr. Pierce has 35 years experience in the mining industry in the southwest United States, chiefly in the states of New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and Nevada, either as a mine engineer [...]

Montana gets $72M for wind power projects

December 7th, 2006

Montana will receive $72 million in financing for 34 new wind power projects planned mostly by small cities and counties in northeastern and southeastern parts of the state, Sen. Max Baucus has announced.
“This is very good news,” the Montana Democrat said at a news conference in Billings.
Some of the recipients participated in the conference by [...]

Wind Energy Boom Sweeping U.S., Industry Watchers Say

October 26th, 2006

U.S. citizens are beginning to come to terms with the country’s energy needs and are finding an answer blowing in the wind, according to electric power industry experts.
“Last year, and again this year, wind is going to be the second largest source of new power generation coming online,” said Christine Real de Azua, a spokesperson [...]

Roan drilling plan too slow, industry group says

September 8th, 2006

A long-awaited federal decision that would open the Roan Plateau to natural drilling includes compromises that make the land “much less economically attractive,” an industry group said Thursday.
The Bureau of Land Management’s plan to open up the Western Slope site includes measures that would prolong the effective drilling period for decades, according to the Colorado [...]

Some in GOP fighting Western energy drilling

July 23rd, 2006

Western Republicans are starting to buck against oil and gas drilling on federal lands prized for their wildlife and recreational opportunities.
Amid a Western energy boom promoted by the Bush administration, Republican officeholders from Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico and California recently have called for bans on drilling and other development on large blocs of national forest [...]

Some in GOP fighting Western energy drilling

July 21st, 2006

Western Republicans are starting to buck against oil and gas drilling on federal lands prized for their wildlife and recreational opportunities.
Amid a Western energy boom promoted by the Bush administration, Republican officeholders from Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico and California recently have called for bans on drilling and other development on large blocs of national forest [...]

Uranium Energy Corp Acquires an Extensive Uranium Exploration and Drilling Database in the South Texas Uranium Trend

June 10th, 2006

Uranium Energy Corp (the “Company”) (OTC BB:URME.OB) (FWB: U6Z)(Berlin:U6Z.BE) is pleased to announce that it has completed an agreement with Nueces Minerals Company of Dallas, Texas, whereby the Company has acquired copies of uranium drill logs from previous uranium exploration drilling projects covering a large area in the South Texas Uranium Trend.
The database consists of [...]