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Allen Best

— Allen Best reports on water, energy, and other issues in Colorado, the Great Plains, and the Intermountain West. A fourth-generation Coloradan, he has worked as a journalist since the 1970s. Since 2002, he has published a newsletter, called Mountain Town News, which offers news both brief and with in-depth analysis, from ski-anchored resort valleys of the North American West.

Cheap oil no friend to our traditional arguments

January 13, 2015 by Allen Best Leave a Comment

Calls for “energy security” in the face of cheap oil sound suspiciously like code for giving drilling companies and pipeline transport companies just about everything they want.

Locals say DKRW’s coal-to-gasoline plant needs more scrutiny

March 31, 2013 by Allen Best 3 Comments

Jason Lillegraven’s study of Carbon Basin geology has him convinced that DKRW’s project has too many faults.

Rare Stake: Can Wyoming help serve world's hunger for rare earth minerals?

May 1, 2012 by Allen Best 3 Comments

A newly opened mine near the city of Sundance raises the prospect of a new industry for Wyoming. The project's owners believe they'll have the infrastructure to compete with China.

China’s rare earth role

May 1, 2012 by Allen Best Leave a Comment

Today, China delivers 97 percent of the world’s rare earth elements and uses 60 percent to 70 percent. How it came to monopolize the rare earth supply chain is a complex story.

Drill Baby Drill? Policy makers ponder the best way out of America’s oil dependency

April 17, 2012 by Allen Best 1 Comment

Conflicting viewpoints were abound at the Global New Energy Summit in Colorado Springs last week. In the face of America’s oil dependency, some still advocate we drill our way out of the problem, while others suggest a lesser reliance on oil.
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