You can see a pattern developing at the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission and it shows a clear bias against the energy industry in the state. In September, the commission ignored the will of the voters by unilaterally extending setback distances. Now, staffers there have been caught insulting the energy companies it regulates, according to
Read More...On the heels of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission’s proposed 2,000-foot setback this year, activists in Colorado are now pushing for yet another setback around wildlife areas. A strict ruling on setbacks for wildlife areas following the broader setback decision could deal a double blow to Colorado’s energy industry and economy, according to
Read More...Last week’s Air Quality Control Commission hearing revealed deep ideological divisions among its members, but also an acknowledgement that oil and natural gas should play a crucial role in Colorado’s economy. After the Colorado State Assembly passed HB 1261 in 2019 that mandated reducing statewide GHG pollution 26 percent by 2025, 50 percent by 2030,
Read More...Energy In Depth spokesman Will Allison was on the radio Friday morning with KHOW host Ross Kaminsky to discuss the recent decision by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to extend the setback distance of oil and natural gas operations in the state from 500 to 2,000 feet. The policy could be detrimental for
Read More...A new study from three university researches appears to confirm that the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission’s proposal to increase the setback distance of oil and natural gas operations from 500 feet to 2,000 feet would render a vast majority of potential production “unavailable” and cost the state’s economy billions of dollars. The study’s
Read More...Colorado’s voters rejected a de facto ban on oil and natural gas development via extended setbacks by a wide margin in 2018. Nonetheless, the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission is now leveraging the SB 181 rulemaking process to propose “a 2,000-foot buffer or setback – four times the current standard for urban areas.” It’s
Read More...The newly formed outlet Colorado Newsline, that’s funded and supported by political donors and part of a larger national network of other partisan “news” websites, published a story over the weekend accusing the oil and natural gas industry of presenting flawed research to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission as it considers additional regulations
Read More...Anti-energy activists rehashed the same old falsehoods and tossed around insults during a recent series of Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission public hearings in yet another attempt to undermine responsible oil and natural gas development in the state. The COGCC is undertaking a week-long series of public hearings as part of the rulemaking process
Read More...Industry workers, elected officials, business representatives, and community members were out in full force at a recent Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission public hearing to support responsible oil and natural gas development in the state and underscore the economic and environmental benefits of energy production. The COGCC is undertaking an extensive rulemaking under SB-181,
Read More...The newly reorganized Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission is striving to successfully implement new industry regulations and seeking collaboration with stakeholders to provide a renewed sense of certainty for energy production in the state, according to COGCC’s commissioners during the 32nd Annual Energy Summit hosted by the Colorado Oil & Gas Association (COGA), held
Read More...Governor Jared Polis, Democratic leaders behind SB 181, Colorado Rising, and the oil and natural gas industry all agree that 2020 is not the year for a fracking fight in Colorado. Nonetheless, Colorado’s “Keep It In The Ground” activist groups are promising to forge ahead with more anti-oil and natural gas ballot measures in 2021
Read More...The final twist in 2020’s anti-fracking campaign came on Wednesday after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that signatures for ballot measures couldn’t be collected online, dealing a fatal blow to a prominent “Keep It In The Ground” group’s effort to effectively ban responsible energy development in the state. At the beginning of the year, activist
Read More...Last night, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper scored a big victory in the Democratic primary in his campaign for the U.S. Senate over former State House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, a supporter of the Green New Deal. The question now becomes which version of Hickenlooper will emerge in the general election as he faces incumbent Republican
Read More...Air quality researcher Detlev Helmig could face civil and criminal prosecution for mixing funding slated for university research with his personal business pursuits, according to an audit recently released by his former employer, the University of Colorado Boulder. As the Boulder Daily Camera reports: “An audit of former University of Colorado Boulder researcher Detlev Helmig
Read More...Colorado’s methane emissions are coming from background sources in areas far from the state’s oil and natural production, according to a report recently published by the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines. The report also finds that agriculture and wetlands are contributing significantly to emissions. The Payne Institute report utilized
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