A late-term decision from the Obama administration to sideline some Colorado oil and gas reserves drew fire from industry circles anticipating an about-face. “The Obama administration has hijacked federal agencies tasked by law to facilitate responsible energy development instead to do the bidding of radical environmentalists and shut down production,” Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, the chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, said in a statement . Bishop was responding to a decision by Colorado’s government and the federal Interior Department to resolves issues related to oil and gas leases from 1995 to 2012 for the state’s White River National Forest. The department’s Bureau of Land Management canceled 25 leases that it said […]