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Tag: Oil And Gas
Bennet’s carbon capture bill: Bipartisan solution or industry subsidy?
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet introduced legislation this week to help power plants and industrial facilities with the purchase of carbon capture equipment.
The bill...
Critics say Hickenlooper’s clean energy pledge falls short of needed climate...
Gov. John Hickenlooper was quick to assure Coloradans this week that the state will continue working towards a more sustainable energy portfolio despite President...
The Home Front: Bears, hot springs and how Colorado reacts to...
Gov. John Hickenlooper responded to President Donald Trump's rollback of environmental regulations with a commitment to renewable energy, says the Greeley Tribune today with an...
Boulder County’s new oil and gas regulations, explained
The Boulder Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to approve new oil and gas regulations aimed at protecting unincorporated county residents from health and...
Boulder residents: Ban fracking, stricter drilling regs aren’t enough
With the county’s five-year ban against fracking set to expire in May, the Boulder County Board of Commissioners is considering a long list of...
More than 500 oil and gas spills reported in 2016, data...
Oil and gas companies in Colorado reported at total of 509 industry-related spills in 2016, a new report finds. That's down from the 615 spills reported...
Q&A: Why the Colorado health department says fracking’s risk to health...
Three weeks ago, University of Colorado researchers published a study linking diagnoses of a certain kind of blood cancer to the likelihood of living...
Colorado Senate to consider harsher penalties for oil and gas tampering
As tensions between homeowners and Colorado's oil and gas industry heat up, a state senator wants to enable the state to slap up to...
Lafayette’s Climate Change Bill of Rights: A small town grapples with...
The absence of three of its seven members Tuesday evening prompted the Lafayette City Council to postpone its vote on a controversial proposed Climate...
Lafayette’s proposed Climate Bill of Rights would protect protest against oil...
Lafayette is eyeing a citywide policy that would codify residents' right to a healthy climate — and to defend that right with civil disobedience....