Initiative 78

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UPDATE: Colorado Anti-Oil & Gas Ballot Issues are Now Fourth and Fifth in the Queue

August 16, 2016

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

Future of Colorado Drilling: Three Days Remain to Gather Signatures for 2016 Ballot Issues

August 5, 2016

Initiative 75 would amend the Colorado constitution to give municipalities control over oil and gas permitting, regulating 78 would essentially stop new drilling on 90% of Colorado’s land area by making a mandatory 2500-foot setback rule part of the state’s constitution It’s a couple of caramel macchiatos from being over. At least the first phase: gathering enough valid signatures to get the

2,500-Foot Setback Initiative Probably Won’t Make the Colorado Ballot: Wells Fargo

August 2, 2016

“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

Three Colorado Ballot Proposals Could Stop or Reduce Oil & Gas Development

June 6, 2016

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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Colo. Initiative #78: Better than a 50/50 Shot of Reaching the Ballot

June 3, 2016

Oil & Gas killing amendment could very well be in the hands of voters in November: Wells Fargo On a conference call hosted by Wells Fargo today regarding the possible battle over the future of fracing in Colorado, the crystal ball looks murky, but it’s pretty clear that the oil and gas industry may have a fight on its hands.

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End of the Shale Boom in Colorado?

May 31, 2016

Remember this Number: #78 Hydraulic Fracturing Effectively Shuts Down in Colorado if Initiative #78 Passes: COGCC Report Roughly 90% of Colorado – 60 Million Acres – would be Taken Out of Play by Proposed Mandatory Setback As a record 38 million Americans took to the nation’s highways for a Memorial Day weekend trip fueled by cheap $2.28 gasoline, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission