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Broomfield homeowners sue to stop “forced pool” oil drilling under their...

A group of Broomfield homeowners on Wednesday filed a lawsuit that challenges the nearly century-old practice that allows oil and gas companies to drill...

Guest Post: Amendment 74 – A Pandora’s box of property rights...

Colorado voters this fall will consider Colorado constitutional Amendment 74 , which suggests that property owners will receive just compensation when government reduces the...

Colorado senators rally round fracking-awareness home-buyer protection bill

The Senate on Friday unanimously passed a bill that would include a warning in home-purchase contracts notifying buyers whether gas drillers might have access to the property.

Drilling and the American Dream: Your perfect home in a Colorado...

Thomas Thompson worked 38 years consulting for hospitals and selling railroad materials with one goal in mind – to some day retire with his wife in a quite mountain valley, watching the seasons turn.

Natural gas drilling regs stirring heated debate on Western Slope

A dustup between politicians and landowners at an oil and gas royalty owners meeting in Grand Junction last weekend underscores the complexity of the new drilling regulations – and the heated emotions they stir in some mineral-rights holders.