A worker enters the dog house during a break from plugging an orphaned oil well.
Today on Colorado Edition: We get the latest on the redistricting process in Colorado, a process magnified by the addition of an extra U.S. House Representative, and slowed down by the delayed 2020 Census count. We’ll also hear how Coloradans are responding to the ongoing violence in Palestine. Plus, we get a look at the high costs of cleaning up oil and gas wells in Colorado, abandoned by the companies that once operated them. And, we hear about local shake-ups in the oil and gas industry, and how it all fits into the rising price of fuel nationwide.
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I think of this issue as a sort of progress report on three of the biggest issues facing the Western United States: climate change, homelessness and the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Barely a week into his administration, President Joe Biden hit pause on selling leases for oil and gas drilling on public lands. Of course, as Carl Segerstrom tells us, old hands in the West are fully aware that doesn’t mean the drilling will stop. It does, however, signal a welcome shift in policy.
Balbir Singh drives a tractor in Karm Baim’s orchard in Gridley, California, where Punjabi American people have farmed for more than a century.
Kudos on Nick Bowlin’s well-written, level-headed, even-handed article (“Second Citizens,” January 2021). As a Colorado native who has lived in the Gunnison Valley for over 27 years, I have paid close attention to the delicate balance between classes, lifestyles and valued labor input, and the efforts to keep this valley viable economically while also welcoming both the adventurous mountain lover, struggling to survive with looming gentrification, and the folks with wealth. It is crucial that we find a way to maintain this delicate balance to protect ranching (without which we would become Vail), the wealthy and those hanging on to the ability to pay modest rent while working marginally compensated jobs. This article encapsulates the struggles we face to pull this off.
Nick Bowlin’s piece “Second Citizens” was an absolute gem. The reporting and emotion invoked were beautiful, and I want to thank Bowlin from my heart for stirring it up. As someone who lived in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, for five years (and moved around a lot) I understand the dynamic intricacies of a seasonal town and what home means to us. I was shocked at how the county responded to the second-home owners, but substantially more disturbed at their sense of entitlement; their production of a “naughty” list by was outright wicked and delusional. I want to thank Bowlin for not imposing bias. The final three paragraphs of the article are something we all should sink into a couch or chair or special place and cogitate about from time to time.
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