Extraction

A single vehicle accident in Rio Blanco County in early January led to over 9,000 gallons of crude oil being spilled into West Douglas Creek between Rangely and Grand Junction. The spill, which is being cleaned and monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency, is just a small part of Western Colorado’s long legacy of extractive energy.

Steve Kuschner is the Roaring Fork Valley coordinator of 350 Colorado. During our fund drive, KDNK is inviting nonprofits in our listening area to join us in our studio and tell us, and you, what they are up to and why you should care.

Congressman Scott Tipton spoke with KDNK's Raleigh Burleigh about contents of the House Natural Resources Field Hearing in Grand Junction on Friday, June…