Posted inAugust 18, 2003: Where the Antelope (and the Oil Companies) Play

Gas crisis puts Rockies in hot seat

Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story, “Where the Antelope (and the Oil Companies) Play.” Since last spring, Congress, the White House, economists, consumer groups and business leaders have been sounding the alarm about a natural gas crisis. While there’s plenty of disagreement on the cause and the solution, nearly everyone […]

Posted inAugust 18, 2003: Where the Antelope (and the Oil Companies) Play

The Red Desert braces for a gas boom

Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story, “Where the Antelope (and the Oil Companies) Play.” Plans for extracting natural gas are piling up in southwest Wyoming. In addition to the drilling in the Upper Green River Basin, industry is targeting fully one-fourth of the federal land in the region that environmentalists […]

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