Gold King Mine Spill Exposes the Legal Hurdles to Cleaning up Mines

8 years ago

This blog post was written by Katherine "Kate" Sanford who worked with WSMT as a summer intern from June 1…

EPA Haze Rule – U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit Stays EPA From Implementing Final Haze Rule in Texas and Oklahoma.

8 years ago

The federal Clean Air Act requires the states and the federal government to establish and meet targets for visibility in…

Wyoming Trespass Statutes Survive Constitutional Challenge

8 years ago

What do you do when someone enters your property to collect information about its status with the intent to convey…

Bears Ears . . . What Does it All Mean?

8 years ago

Last week, Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah), formally introduced his revamped House Bill, the Public Lands Initiative, which seeks…

Unintentional Misconduct and Standardless Discretion: The Department of Interior’s New Rules for Valuing Oil, Gas and Coal

8 years ago

The Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) within the Department of the Interior issued new royalty valuation rules on July…

Supreme Court Grants Operational Flexibility to Owners of Multiple Conditional Water Rights

8 years ago

The Colorado Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Upper Eagle Reg'l Water Authority v. Wolfe, 2016 CO 42 creates opportunities for…

BLM Fracking Rule Dead—For Now

8 years ago

It was an interesting week for BLM’s hydraulic fracturing rule first finalized and then immediately challenged on March 26, 2015.…

LOOK OUT! A COLORADO COURT FINDS THAT A MINERAL RESERVATION IN THE HABENDUM CLAUSE OF A DEED, NOT THE GRANTING CLAUSE, IS A VALID RESERVATION

8 years ago

An old rule of thumb for title examiners was that a mineral reservation needs to be in the granting clause,…

Thoughts on Non-Administered Arbitration

8 years ago

Non-administered arbitration (“NAA”) is an informal dispute resolution process designed to proceed without the involvement of a separate administering entity.…

Mission Assurance is Energy Assurance*

8 years ago

* This blog is co-authored with Sarah Ruckriegle, a graduate of the Air Force Academy, current Captain in the Air…