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| Written by MARK JAFFE, Denver Post | |
| Friday, 20 March 2009 | |
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Oil companies have amassed more than 250 water rights for oil-shale development, giving them a key share of the flow of the Colorado River and the White River, according to a Western Resource Advocates study. Read more...
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