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Tag: Oil And Gas
Colorado elected officials in a letter to the governor: Don’t appeal...
Dozens of local and state officials throughout Colorado have a message for Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper: Don’t appeal.
At issue is a decision the...
How Colorado’s Democratic candidates for governor would handle this important oil-and-gas...
Colorado Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper, who leaves office next year because of term limits, said he will decide by May 18 whether to appeal a state...
Five(ish) takeaways from the 2017 legislative session
The 2017 legislative session may have done more for rural Colorado than any session in the past two decades.
“Rural, rural, rural! Music to my...
Despite Gardner vote, US Senate fails to revoke Obama methane rule
The U.S. Senate failed this morning to repeal an Obama-era methane rule, instead voting to preserve regulations which limit oil and gas-related methane emissions...
Hickenlooper on Firestone: “We’re going to reevaluate our entire inspection process”
Gov. John Hickenlooper announced during a press conference this afternoon that the state is going to reevaluate the entire oil and gas inspection process following...
FRACTURED: Showdown in Boulder County
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...
Activists drown out Hickenlooper at March for Science
Chants from anti-fracking activists nearly drowned out Gov. John Hickenlooper's remarks at today's March for Science in Denver. The rally was part of a global...
Not taking no for an answer: Meet the group demanding a...
The group was small, but their message was firm: We will accept nothing short of a ban on fracking in Boulder County.
About 40 Boulder County...
Oil and gas rigs can still operate within 1,000 feet of...
Oil and gas production wells and other facilities still have the ability to operate within 1,000 feet of a school, rather than the school’s...
BLM’s planned lease sale of 100,000 Colorado acres for drilling prompts...
The Bureau of Land Management’s proposal to auction approximately 100,000 acres of federal public lands in northern Colorado for oil and gas drilling has...