DENVER (AP) -- Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama says the federal government should collaborate with communities and groups affected by energy development across the West. Obama told the Glenwood Springs Post Independent after his rally in Denver Sunday that another goal should be sustaining the other natural resources in the path of energy development.

Colorado is experiencing a natural gas boom and could see commercial oil shale development at some point. Obama says he's doesn't think the Bush administration's approach to energy development considers local communities. He says more research on oil shale is needed to determine if its development justifies the impacts.
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