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      Battlement Mesa Retirees Hit Hard by Gas Industry
      (left to right) Battlement Concerned Citizens Bob Arrington, Don Gray, Dave Devanney and Paul Light

      Battlement Mesa Retirees Hit Hard by Gas Industry

      With natural gas production on the rise nationally, citizens across the country are experiencing the consequences of gas development near their homes. But in few places are residents more impacted than in the community of Battlement Mesa. For this week's episode of Fractured Communities, KDNK's Ed Williams visited the area to hear first hand how the industry is impacting residents there.
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        KDNK Weekly News Brief: VCR Aftermath

        For this week's news brief, KDNK's Eric Skalac speaks with Lynn Burton of the Sopris Sun about this week's VCR election, and what comes next.
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        VCR zoning rejected by Carbondale residents

        After years of discussion, Carbondale residents voted down the proposed Village at Crystal River development in Tuesday's public election. KDNK's Eric Skalac has more.
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      • Public comment period open for new environmental impact statement

        Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and the Bureau of Land Management announced today that the agency will scale back on the rush to develop oil shale in the West. Instead of opening up 2 million acres to the controversial energy source, the BLM wants to adopt a plan favoring continued research and development on just under half a million acres in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming - but no commercial leasing.

        According to the Denver Post, BLM director Bob Abbey favors a "common-sense approach to oil shale that encourages research and development first."

        The plan has the support of Colorado agricultural, municipal, and recreation industry leaders as well as Colorado Senator Michael Bennet. But, not so much the American Petroleum Institute or Rio Blanco County Commissioner Ken Parsons who is concerned about jobs and energy independence.

        The draft programmatic environmental impact statement is open for public comment until May 4th at http://ostseis.anl.gov./documents/peis2012/index.cfm

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