Colorado Public Radio The oil and gas wars are over — for now. In an op-ed in Colorado Politics, Democratic Gov. Jared Polis said oil and gas groups have agreed to drop ballot initiatives on the 2020 ballot. He added he had spoken with legislative leaders to pause further efforts to regulate the industry. According to Polis, the agreement is
$13.5 billion in GDP, $1 billion of public revenue supporting schools, social assistance programs, parks and water infrastructure are in question A new study from the University of Colorado Denver Business School’s Graduate Energy Management program itemizes the significant economic impact from Colorado’s oil and gas upstream and midstream subsectors, calling oil and gas “a critically important spoke in the wheel
The Adams County Board of Commissioners held a special public hearing on March 20, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. Denver time. The objective was to gather public comment to determine whether to approve a temporary moratorium on local oil and gas permit applications in unincorporated areas of the county. RIch Frommer, President and CEO of Great Western Oil & Gas, testifies
From Colorado Public Radio Colorado’s new Democratic majority has vowed to make big changes to how companies drill for oil and gas. Tension between drillers and residents have bubbled for years and culminated in a failed statewide ballot fight last fall over the distance between oil and gas wells and homes and schools. Critics also say the state oil and gas regulator
Colorado oil and gas regulation: is the State’s task to balance oil & gas development with public health, safety and welfare? Colorado’s high court will soon hear oral arguments in a case whose outcome could reshuffle the criteria the COGCC must use in granting permits to drill oil and gas wells Fall of 2018 will be remembered as the season
Securing political support for 2,500 foot drilling setbacks, abolishing the COGCC, removing public funds from banks who make loans to fossil fuel companies The movement against shale development has progressed considerably beyond a group of activists holding signs and shouting anti-fracing slogans in front of the capitol. The “climate justice” movement, which calls its goal of replacing fossil fuels with
Outcome could have ‘profound effect’ on how or whether oil and gas operations are permitted in Colorado Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman has sent what could turn into a landmark oil and gas ruling to the Colorado Supreme Court for review. An earlier ruling by the appellate court in the case of Martinez v. COGCC could change the parameters under
Anti-Oil & Gas Signatures will be Counted Last; ‘Amending the Constitution’ Measure Clears Ballot Today Lynn Bartels, communications director for the Colorado Secretary of State’s office, told Oil & Gas 360® yesterday that two anti-oil and gas initiatives, which were turned in by signature collectors right as the deadline bell sounded last week, are the last in line to be counted
“But if the measure were to be placed on the general election ballot, then it’s a toss up” Several groups and individuals want to halt, ban or eliminate hydraulic fracturing in Colorado by running signature gathering campaigns to amend the state’s constitution (Initiatives 63, 75 and 78). The state requires 98,492 valid Colorado voter signatures to get an initiative onto the November ballot. These
98,500 Valid Colorado Voter Signatures Due in 60 Days While a November voter approval for a proposed Colorado constitutional amendment posed by initiative #78 would effectively put an end to new shale development activities in the state, there are two other initiatives that could significantly nibble away at oil and gas development should they receive the required signatures and gain approval
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