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In the small town of Staunton, Ill., the new $9 million water plant is a welcome addition. After all, when the 80-year-old facility it replaces seized up last year, the community’s 5,000 residents were without water for five days. 

Fort Collins city council members decided late Tuesday night to allow the sole oil and gas operator, Prospect Energy LLC, to continue operating inside city limits despite a recently passed ban on hydraulic fracturing.

Have you thought much about the wood pellet industry lately?

In you live in Colorado, chances are the answer to this question is no. And for Confluence Energy CEO Mark Mathis, that’s part of the problem. It started back in 2008 when his industry was being celebrated as an alternative fuel source that would help curb global warming.

Boulder County Commissioners voted Tuesday against extending the county’s moratorium on new oil and gas drilling permit applications.

Aspiring hemp growers are stuck in a tricky gray area these days. While voters in some states, like Colorado, have given the go-ahead to growing and processing the plant, a blanket ban still exists at the federal level.