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Tag: Colorado Oil And Gas Conservation Commission
Update: State fines oil and gas company for 2017 Firestone explosion...
Update: This story was originally published on March 12. On April 13, the COGCC voted unanimously to levy the $18.2 million fine.
"For my family...
Jeff Robbins, state’s top oil and gas regulator, talks local control...
Jeff Robbins now leads the state commission he once took to court.
The attorney from Durango spent two decades helping local governments regulate the...
Colorado’s vaunted oil and gas rules are flawed and inadequately enforced...
Colorado’s much-touted regulations on emissions from oil and gas operations have not kept pace with explosive growth in oil and gas activity, resulting in...
Bill to regulate oil and gas advances, pitting pro-environment Dems and...
Editor's note: This bill has bounced back and forth between the House and Senate as final amendments are made. The most recent action was...
By law, state oil and gas regulators must “foster” the industry....
Editor's note: On March 13, the Senate passed the oil and gas bill 19-15 along party lines. Democrats backed several amendments considered favorable to...
Colorado’s new Department of Natural Resources head talks oil and water...
Hundreds of men and women who work in the state’s oil and gas fields flocked to the state Capitol this week to protest a...
Colorado’s oil and gas regulatory agency – and other environmental programs...
Environmental and conservation programs, including the body that regulates Colorado's oil and gas industry, may see the cash influx they need to keep operating...
Colorado’s oil and gas regulatory agency is running out of money...
As the state grapples with the aftermath of last April's fatal pipeline explosion in Firestone and a fervent demand by residents to better regulate...
Colorado’s head oil-and-gas regulator leaves for private energy consulting gig
The head of a government agency that oversees Colorado’s oil and gas industry will leave his post next month to join a private consulting...
Tensions flare over renewed effort to regulate oil and gas
House lawmakers are moving forward with a plan that would require state regulators to consider the impacts of oil and gas drilling on public...