The following comments were posted at HCN.org in response to Jodi Peterson‘s Oct. 16 blog “BLM looks for balance,” which concerned the recent wave of criticism the agency has received for its outsized focus on fossil fuel extraction. I retired after almost 35 years in BLM field offices. I believe the concept of public lands […]
Ceal Smith
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Energy exporters: Stay out of the San Luis Valley
Before utility executives and solar-energy prospectors discovered the San Luis Valley in southern Colorado, it was mostly known for its potatoes, Buddhist hermitages and scrappy water wars. Now our high-desert rift valley is home to a clash between two competing visions for Colorado’s renewable energy future. As utilities and their regulators argue over who is […]