All Posts Tagged With: "hydraulic fracturing"
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Fracking Is Draining Western Water, Says
Regional Group
Oil and gas extraction practices are permanently removing at least seven billion gallons of water from the hydrologic cycle each year in just four arid western states, according to a new report published by the Western Organization of Resource Councils.
29Apr2013 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Debate Shows Some Common Ground, Many Differences on Fracking Regulation
The lunchtime debate at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law highlighted some of the conflicting views about the appropriate roles of local and state regulation, as well as larger questions about energy policies.
3Apr2013 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Lawmakers Introduce Bills to Address Pollution From Fracking Operations
Sponsors say the BREATHE Act would close a loophole in the Clean Air Act that currently allows the oil and gas industry to release large amounts of dangerous pollution into the air, and lists hydrogen sulfide as a hazardous air pollutant.
15Mar2013 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Hickenlooper Says State Willing to Compromise
on Fracking Ban
On Wednesday, Hickenlooper spoke to The Coloradoan and said that the state would be willing to compromise with cities looking to ban fracking, rather than sue them, if the cities can compensate mineral rights owners.
8Mar2013 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Fracking Ban Approved by Fort Collins
City Council
Ignoring warnings from the governor and other state officials, the Fort Collins City Council on Tuesday night banned fracking within city limits; a move nearly certain to bring legal action from the state, as well as the Colorado Oil and Gas Association.
6Mar2013 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
The ‘Promised Land’ Problem for Activists
A flop at the box office and with most critics, the real losers in the “Promised Land” debacle, are the environmental activists who pinned their hopes on a Hollywood movie to make the case against hydraulic fracturing. By promoting a work of fiction as “real life,” the activists proved just how little they care about the facts.
31Jan2013 | admin | 10 comments | Continued
Obama Administration Delays Hydraulic Fracturing Rule
The decision to replace last year’s proposal with an entirely new draft rule — and take public comment on the initiative — forces a major delay in the final regulations, which are set to be the first major federal rules governing the hydraulic fracturing process key to unlocking oil and gas nationwide.
22Jan2013 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Boulder County Approves New Oil, Gas Regulations
Commissioners told a room filled with fracking foes that the county’s most pressing need is to replace and update its 19-year-old land-use rules to set restrictions, requirements and conditions about where new wells can be drilled outside the county’s cities and towns.
17Dec2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Viewpoint: Fracking Needs Rules, Not Flawed Studies
It’s wise to ensure that fracking — which enables the extraction of gas and oil trapped underground — doesn’t pose unnecessary social, economic or health risks. Unfortunately, much of the research to date has been tainted by conflicts of interest — real and imagined — that have colored findings to provide ammunition for supporters or opponents.
23Oct2012 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedAPI Backs State Leadership in Shale Development
U.S. Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., who introduced the Empower States Act, said the geology of each state is different, and that, “The legislation also recognizes that states have a long record of effectively regulating oil and gas development, including hydraulic fracturing, with good environmental stewardship.”
21Sep2012 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Regional Update: Wyoming Governor Faults BLM Over Proposed Fracing Rule
Speaking at the Wyoming Gas Fair in Jackson, Mead reiterated his long-held position that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management erred when it launched an effort to regulate the drilling completion practice on the federal and Indian lands it holds, mostly in the Rocky Mountain West.
14Sep2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
State Ramping Up Rules for Fracing Wells
New statewide regulations about setback distances and the plugging of abandoned wells near horizontal hydraulic fracturing operations are two issues high on the state oil and gas commission’s priority list, the organization’s head said at a natural-gas and oil regulatory meeting in Durango.
4Sep2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Oil/Gas Industry: Trust us! We care, we really do. The rest of the us: No! 
Thanks for the info Fred! 
I think its a 10% mandate not 5%. 
To see this exciting change as "scary" seems incredibly short-sited to me. Between the increasing power demands caused by ...
Thanks for highlighting all the great work the Northern Colorado Chapter of CRES is doing. One small but important correction--the ...