All Posts Tagged With: "hydraulic fracturing"
CU Fracing Study Author: No Pressure From Oil and Gas Industry
Lisa McKenzie, who published findings last spring showing that air pollution caused by hydraulic fracturing may contribute to health problems for those living nearby, says she has not experienced any blowback from the oil/gas industry as a result of her research.
4Sep2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Viewpoint: The Facts on Erie’s
“Bucket Brigade”
Six months ago, a small group of local activists had a big impact on the debate over oil and gas development in Erie, Colo. The group, called Erie Rising, claimed the town had dangerously poor air quality – worse than Houston and Los Angeles – and blamed it all on the energy industry. It was a shocking revelation.
27Aug2012 | admin | 10 comments | Continued
Denver Attorney New Director of Oil and Gas Commission
The former Colorado Assistant Attorney General Matthew Lepore recently served as lead counsel for the Commission and represented the agency on numerous matters including environmental protection, permitting and regulatory enforcement.
1Aug2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
State Challenges Longmont Drilling Regulations
in Court
“We’ve collaborated successfully with communities for decades on oil and gas development, and parties have traditionally been able to work through issues without drawing hard lines,” noted Mike King, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, which oversees the COGCC.
27Jul2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Colorado Asked to Extend Drilling Setbacks
In a formal letter submitted today to the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission, three conservation organizations asked the State to begin a rulemaking process for increasing minimum setbacks for oil and gas drilling to 1,000 feet for residences and 1,500 feet for schools, hospitals, nursing homes and other similar facilities.
25Jul2012 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
Longmont Anti-fracing Measure Looks Headed
to the Ballot
If at least 5,704 of those names are ruled valid, the measure would go to the Nov. 6 ballot. Longmont voters would be asked to decide whether hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, should be banned within city limits.
23Jul2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Fracking Out of
a Recession
I can’t think of companies in any other industry that are contemplating investments of that magnitude in Colorado. And Noble and Anadarko are just two of a dozen or more oil and gas companies that are operating in Colorado. The industry could easily be spending $3 billion to $5 billion a year in Colorado over the next few years.
16Jul2012 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
Fracking on Longmont’s Agenda Again
Councilwoman Bonnie Finley had objected to the five-page-plus preamble, saying that she considered some of the included studies to be of questionable value. “That’s like saying the sky is purple and the gas people did it!” she said in May.
9Jul2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
City Council in Commerce City to Vote on Fracking Regulations
The proposed rules will create another level of regulation by requiring individual agreements that the city will negotiate with each company to specify details of each operation’s impacts.
2Jul2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Salazar: U.S. Needs Federal Fracking Rules
State level oversight of hydraulic fracturing or fracking is not sufficient and criticism leveled at the Obama administration for its proposed rules is not valid, Salazar told Reuters in an interview. The Secretary said states are at very different levels with the rules.
26Jun2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Colorado, Wyoming Oil and Gas Headlines
>> Interior Extends Comment Period on Fracking Proposal
>> Judge Sets Aside BLM’s Roan Plateau Drilling Plan
>> Report Says Silca a Hazard at Fracking Sites
>> Polis Setback Amendment Defeated
>> Wyoming Governor Appoints Interim Head for WOGCC
>> Mead Wants More Time on Proposed Fracturing Rule
>> Industry Pays for Federal Staff Additions
Trade Group Says BLM Fracking Rule Imposes $1.615 Billion Cost to Society
“States have been successfully regulating fracing for generations, including on federal lands, with no incident of contamination that would necessitate redundant federal regulation,” said Kathleen Sgamma VP of Government and Public Affairs for Western Energy Alliance.
14Jun2012 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
DOE Testing for Links Between Faults and Groundwater Pollution
A fault from the Marcellus Shale formation in Pennsylvania, which is thousands of feet below the surface, could provide “a quick pathway for fracking fluids to migrate upwards,” said Richard Hammack, a spokesman for the DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory.
12Jun2012 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
Clean Energy Collective is now based in Boulder Colorado. 
Though a small step and almost over 16 years into the die-off of our forests, this effort should be applauded ...
The best ballot initiative is one that will ban initiatives. Otherwise what is the point of electing legislators. 
Thanks for the info Fred! 
Tri-State Board Policy 117 limits member co-op generation to 5%.
LPEA has asked them to lift that for community solar gardens.
https://www.lpea.coop/pdf/board_meeting/resolutions/2012/201213_tristate_policy_117.pdf 
To see this exciting change as "scary" seems incredibly short-sited to me. Between the increasing power demands caused by ...