All Posts Tagged With: "hydraulic fracturing"

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Front Range Legislative and Regulation Updates

>> RES Bill for Rural Colorado Passes House
>> Arapahoe County OK’s Fast Track Drilling
>> Dems Move on Water Bill Opposed By Governor
>> Higher Drilling Fee Measure Defeated
>> US Energy Gets Fed Approval for Mine

2May2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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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 | | 0 comments | Continued
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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 | | 0 comments | Continued
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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 | | 0 comments | Continued
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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 | | 0 comments | Continued
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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 | | 0 comments | Continued
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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 | | 10 comments | Continued
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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 | | 0 comments | Continued
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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 | | 0 comments | Continued
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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 | | 0 comments | Continued
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API 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 | | 1 comment | Continued
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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 | | 0 comments | Continued
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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 | | 0 comments | Continued


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