Tag: Encana
Statetap: A new bus system for Front Range commuters
Those fretting over the death of the Front Range Express (FREX) bus system in 2012 will be pleased to hear that its reincarnation is...
Clock ticking on ‘local control’ special session
NEGOTIATIONS continue in Denver between parties hoping to strike a deal and pass a state law that would give local communities more regulatory control...
State takes major step to clean up Colorado’s blue skies
New rules make the state a leader in protecting air quality, for the first time, targeting emissions associated with oil and gas development.
Report: Oil and Gas Industry Exerts Outsized Political Influence in Colorado
DENVER-- A report released today by Colorado Ethics Watch describes oil-and-gas industry spending on state election campaigns and legislative lobbying efforts as disproportionally influential and “shocking.”
Colorado kids to Encana: Don’t frack our schools
ERIE — With black whiskers painted across her cheeks, 6-year-old Olivia Cusimano roared into the plastic megaphone as if hers were the voice of the blue knotted-up balloon tiger she clutched beneath her left arm.
Fracking operation in Erie begins near two elementary schools, wakes up...
ERIE — Flaggers in orange vests stopped traffic on the parkway as a convoy of semi-trailer trucks rumbled toward Red Hawk Elementary this week hauling sound barriers to muffle a gas extraction project in this once quiet neighborhood that has left many parents, teachers and residents vexed.
Coalition offers to pay energy companies $2.5 million to protect Thompson...
A coalition of groups in and around Carbondale is proposing a settlement to reimburse companies who own natural gas leases in the Thompson Divide area in exchange for retiring 43 leases currently in question and protecting the area from future energy development there.
Alleged gas-drilling contamination of Wyoming well water scraps EnCana sale
The Canadian oil and gas company EnCana, which at one time held the record for the highest state fine for a gas-drilling spill case in Colorado, has been stymied in its attempt to sell a Wyoming gas field where hydraulic fracturing has allegedly contaminated groundwater.
Activists: EPA fracking findings in Wyoming relevant in Colorado disclosure debate
Western Slope gas-drilling activist Lisa Bracken, citing parallels between her infamous case and an EPA probe of groundwater contamination in Pavillion, Wyo., says both incidents should be considered at a hydraulic fracturing chemical disclosure hearing in Denver next month.
State to levy record $940,000 fine against bankrupt operator for abandoned...
Colorado oil and gas regulators are poised to set a dubious record next week when nearly $1 million in fines will be levied against a company for essentially abandoning eight gas wells in Rio Blanco County. But state officials never expect to see a penny from the now-bankrupt operator.