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Tag: Oil And Gas
Colorado’s oil and gas regulator puts new restrictions on public comments
Next time you want to voice an opinion or concern to state oil and gas regulators, you’ll want to plan ahead.
In a notice...
Big money fails to stop Broomfield oil and gas measure
Despite an aggressive, high-dollar campaign from the oil and gas industry, Broomfield voters Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a measure to allow more local control over...
FRACTURED: Undermining Broomfield
Broomfield resident and psychologist Lois VanderKooi was relaxing at home earlier this month after a long day working in her private practice. She spread...
News Poetry: A Tour of the Denver Basin
A Tour of the Denver Basin
for Dr. Bob Raynolds
1.
At the brick quarry near Parker,
Paleosol rises to the surface: Ancient soil.
Ocher and red. So old...
For state regulators considering drilling permits, “no” is off the table
The state of Colorado has what’s believed to be an uninterrupted, 66-year-old history of not denying oil and gas companies permits to drill.
It’s...
Spotlight on the COGCC: Who are they, what’s their mission and...
You've probably heard lately about the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, commonly called the COGCC.
That’s Colorado’s governor-appointed panel tasked with regulating the...
Anadarko to close wells near Firestone explosion, citing “sensitivity”
Oil and gas operator Anadarko will permanently shut down the well linked to the fatal home explosion in Firestone and two other wells nearby,...
GREENE: In opposing appeal of landmark oil-and-gas ruling, Hick is more...
A constitutional crisis.
The phrase kept popping up Thursday when Attorney General Cynthia Coffman seemed to have bucked Gov. John Hickenlooper’s wishes by appealing a...
Colorado’s governor said he didn’t want to appeal a controversial oil-and-gas...
Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman bucked the apparent wishes of Gov. John Hickenlooper by appealing a court ruling that could dramatically change the way...
FRACTURED: Reckless abandonment
Editor’s note: Daniel Glick and Ted Wood of The Story Group, along with Kelsey Ray of The Colorado Independent, have been reporting on oil...