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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Finally, at an altitude of 8,200 ft., the track breaks through onto a rolling plateau of sagebrush, juniper and pine. It is here, on this remote plateau, southwest of Rifle, Colo., that Caterpillars of the Colony Development Operation have already cut 300 yds. into a mountain of shale. Near...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: Tapping the Riches of Shale | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

But if the energy companies and Washington policymakers are sold on shale, others are not. Colorado Governor Richard Lamm protests that any crash development program "could do irreparable damage to our water supply, to our communities, to our environment." State officials, local representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Sierra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: Tapping the Riches of Shale | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

Nonetheless, opponents are willing to permit small test projects of the new energy so that the impact of unknown technologies can be fully measured. Says Terry Thoem, a director of the Denver EPA: "We have been studying shale for years, and now we would like to see some further development...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: Tapping the Riches of Shale | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

It may some day cause another major earthquake

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Middle America's Fault | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

Along a large crack, corresponding layers of rock were offset vertically-in some places by as much as 1,000 meters (3,300 ft.). In other words, a break had occurred and some of the rock sank. Apparently, at some time in the remote past, the rock had been uplifted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Middle America's Fault | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

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