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The Latest by Ted Zukoski

Staff Attorney

Ted was an attorney in the Rocky Mountain regional office from 2003–2018. He protected wilderness, roadless areas and the planet's climate on behalf of conservation groups in the Four Corners' states.

December 17, 2009

Natural Gas Drilllers "Come Clean" In Colorado

By Ted Zukoski

In green flip-flop, company says it will use nature friendly chemicals

December 15, 2009

Roadless Area Beats Ski Area! (For Now.)

By Ted Zukoski

But is a Colorado senator trying to breathe new life into a bad idea?

November 18, 2009

Money From Methane? Not In Colorado

By Ted Zukoski  /  Rocky Mountain Office

Mining company unwilling to cash in on methane gas bounty

October 15, 2009

Talking Out of Both Sides of Their Oily Mouths

By Ted Zukoski

Industry has change of attack—not heart—over "fracking"

September 16, 2009

Will Shell Shale Deal Jail Gale?

By Ted Zukoski

Justice Department investigates former Interior chief's oil shale leases

September 4, 2009

Counties Can't Seize, Degrade Public Lands

By Ted Zukoski

Appeals court lays down the law in Kane County, Utah

August 19, 2009

Denying the Truth

By Ted Zukoski

Fraud, misinformation cloud climate and energy debate

July 16, 2009

Locking in Coal, Locking Out Facts

By Ted Zukoski

While Washington debates climate change, coal mining in the West gets a pass

July 10, 2009

Do They Love That Dirty Water?

By Ted Zukoski

You’d think Colorado’s two Democratic U.S. senators, Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, would be in the forefront to protect one of Colorado’s most valuable natural resources: our water. Unfortunately, the jury is still out on whether they will be. As has been amply detailed by Earthjustice and in a recent op-ed in the Denver Post by Trout Unlimited’s …

April 22, 2009

Oil Shale Proponents Going Nuclear?

By Ted Zukoski

One of the many dirty little secrets about oil shale is that it will take huge amounts of energy to turn rock into a product we can put in our cars and trucks.  That’s because the currently proposed technology for producing oil shale involves using what amounts to glorified curling irons underground, heating them up …