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Gas drilling at the entrance to Battlement Mesa in Garfield County (David O. Williams photo).

National energy industry law firm hires top state regulatory official for its Denver office

By | 09.28.11 | 12:17 pm

Burleson LLP, a top national energy law firm that recently opened a Denver office, this week announced the hiring of one of the top enforcement officials from the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) – the state agency that regulates oil and gas drilling. The move raised some eyebrows in the environmental community.

The Roan Plateau (U.S. Department of the Interior photo).

COGCC defends publicity of major fines in oil and gas spill enforcement cases

By | 07.12.11 | 1:23 pm

As the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) works to catch up on a backlog of old spill enforcement cases dating back several years, the method by which the state regulatory agency publicizes any fines that are levied against operators has become a topic of conversation for conservation groups tracking the industry.

House passes ‘critical’ campaign spending disclosure bill

By | 05.12.10 | 9:11 am

State Sen. Morgan Carroll’s (D-Aurora) election expenditure bill, SB 203 (pdf), which mandates disclosure of corporate and union spending in Colorado elections, passed on third reading in the state House Tuesday, sending it to Gov. Bill Ritter’s desk after it passed on a party-line vote in the Senate Friday.

Battle brews over gas regulations in Battlement Mesa

By | 07.23.09 | 12:00 am

Battlement Mesa, a community of nearly 6,000 on Colorado’s Western Slope, is poised to live up to its name and become a legal battleground over the sticky issue of state versus local control over oil and gas drilling.