All Posts Tagged With: "Diana DeGette"

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CEN’s ‘Fracking’ Focus — News and Views

>>BLM Fracking Meeting in Golden Monday
>>Feds Taking In-Depth Examination of Process
>>Colorado Ranks Second in Carcinogen-Laced Fluids
>>Shell Oil President Wants Tighter Regs
>>Encana Joins Online Chemicals Database
>>NY Attorney General Threatens Lawsuit

25Apr2011 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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Feds Plan Broad-Based Panel to Examine
Fracking Risks

The subcommittee will work to identify, within 90 days, any immediate steps that can be taken to improve the safety and environmental performance of fracking, and to develop, within six months, recommendations on practices for shale extraction to ensure the protection of public health and the environment.

4Apr2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Hickenlooper Supports Fracking But Wants
Fluids Disclosure

During an economic tour of Glenwood Springs, the one-time geologist defended the use of hydraulic fracturing in oil and gas development in Colorado but renewed his call for companies to disclose the substances in the fluids used in the process.

1Apr2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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EPA FRACKING STUDY to Take “Lifecycle” Approach to Analyzing Controversial Technique

The industry is particularly concerned about the EPA’s reference to a “lifecycle analysis” as part of the study. The agency has attempted a similar “lifecycle” approach to renewable fuels, with great controversy and little agreement among stakeholders as to the viability of such an analysis.

13Apr2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Expert: 95 Percent of Oil, Gas Wells are Fractured

“There’s nothing in frac’ing fluids that’s any more dangerous than the hydrocarbons we’re producing,” she declared, adding that the chemicals mixed into the fluids are in “very small volumes” compared to the gas produced.

7Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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DeGette’s Wilderness Proposal Includes Roan Plateau Area Already Leased for Drilling

A new wilderness proposal put forth by U.S. Representative Diana DeGette includes nearly 40,000 acres on top of western Colorado’s Roan Plateau, much of which has already been leased for gas and oil development.

7Oct2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Job Rhetoric on Rise as Debate Heats Up Over
Fed Regulation on Gas Industry

From Boulder to Grand Junction, the debate over natural gas versus coal, looming federal regulation of both power sources and what it all means for energy sector jobs across Colorado is heating up.

21Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Energy and Politics Mix for July 2nd

>> West Slope Coalition Opposes Anti-Fracking Legislation
>> Republicans Target Markey’s Energy Bill Vote
>> Uranium Mill Near Montrose Gets Permit
>> Drilling Pushes Closer to Rulison Blast Site

2Jul2009 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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“Fracking” Fracas

There’s a common-sense solution to the current fight over fracking. The industry could simply divulge what chemicals are added to the pressurized water pumped into gas deposits. Currently it’s not required to by law; but doing so could help answer critics of fracking while at the same time displaying a new openness on the part of oil and gas producers.

8Jun2009 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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Fracturing Issue Heats Up Natural Gas Politics — Colorado at the Center of the Debate

The industry argues that state laws and regulators are doing an adequate job of regulating the hydraulic fracturing process, and that more layers of regulation would be burdensome and expensive.

27May2009 | admin | 2 comments | Continued


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