Tag: Colorado Oil And Gas Conservation Commission
Enviros, sportsmen drill home role of oil and gas politics in...
Sportsmen, outdoor recreation and environmental groups have been effusive in their praise for the accomplishments of lame-duck Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter, issuing statements lauding...
ProPublica report: state oil and gas enforcement staffing levels inadequate
Colorado oil and gas regulators have admitted to the Colorado Independent they’re spread too thin to handle a new set of EPA rules if...
State regulators dismiss frack-fluid ID-tagging proposal
Environmental activists are calling on Colorado officials to require oil and gas companies to chemically tag the fluids used in hydraulic fracturing, an increasingly controversial natural gas drilling process. Many suspect that "fracking" may be contaminating ground water and chemical tags would make it possible for regulators to identify the source of any contamination. The idea is a hot topic among those favoring increased federal oversight of the process, but industry officials won’t even discuss the idea, and state regulators say it’s barely on their radar screens.
State oil and gas chief: Battlement Mesa drilling health study not...
The head of the state agency that oversees oil and gas drilling in Colorado says it’s too early to commit to a baseline health study in a Western Slope community wary of plans to site up to 200 natural gas wells near homes and on its municipal golf course.
Study finds coal-bed methane production could foul water in Moffat County
A study being conducted by the Colorado Geological Survey (CGS) shows the very real potential for groundwater contamination by coal-bed methane production in the...
McInnis, Maes promise an oil and gas rig in every pot...
Scott McInnis and Dan Maes, the two remaining GOP gubernatorial candidates, won’t even wait to see how new, environmentally tougher oil and gas drilling...
Garfield County officials see value in Battlement Mesa health study
Garfield County public health officials believe a relatively untested type of health impact study could be a valuable tool in assessing the risks of natural gas drilling in the heart of the Battlement Mesa retirement community on Colorado’s Western Slope.
GarCo to put heat on state for more answers in Divide...
The Garfield County commissioners continue to take potshots at the state over perceived lapses in oil and gas drilling enforcement for water contamination, deciding...
GarCo commissioners vote 2-1 to oppose DeGette’s FRAC Act
A grass-roots citizen’s group troubled by air and water pollution from natural gas drilling in Garfield County expressed “extreme disappointment” Monday when the county commissioners voted 2-1 to oppose more federal oversight of the industry.
Wyo. fracking contamination case eerily similar to Colorado’s Divide Creek accident
Louis Meeks says he witnessed shoddy hydraulic fracturing practices on his ranch near Pavillion, Wyo., by an oil and gas company fined for the same thing in Colorado, and wants the federal government to regulate the process because states seem incapable of proper oversight.