All Posts Tagged With: "oil and gas regulations"
Boulder County Votes to Place Temporary Moratorium
on Drilling
The public will be able to comment March 1, according to the county’s website, “on the local impacts associated with oil and gas development, and on the appropriateness of continuing or amending the temporary moratorium.”
3Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
El Paso County County Adopts Slimmed-Down Oil and Gas Regulations
The Board of County Commissioners voted 3-2 to approve a proposal that was significantly scaled down from what the county’s planning commission approved earlier this month. The regulations govern transportation, emergency response, noxious weeds and, controversially, water quality issues related to drilling.
1Feb2012 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
El Paso County Modifies Proposed Drilling Regs
After concerns from county commissioners and a warning letter from the Attorney General’s Office about El Paso County’s proposed oil and gas regulations, county planning staff have come up with a revised proposal for the commission to consider at its Jan. 31 meeting.
27Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Oil And Gas Regulatory War Heating Up
Speaking in Denver last week, EPA administrator Lisa Jackson said the federal government has a role in regulating oil and gas drilling activity – establishing ozone levels for hydraulic fracturing emissions, providing guidance on water issues – but that state
and local governments must take the lead.
What Obama Could Say in His Speech That Would Really Turn The Economy Around
These three little stories—all within the past few weeks, represent the overall attitude of this administration toward businesses that create jobs and revenue. Until the administration decides to work with, and not against, the job creators in the economy, growth will remain flat—or worse.
8Sep2011 | admin | 7 comments | Continued
New Poll Finds Coloradoans Want Tighter
Oil and Gas Regulation
There have been 1,000 spills and accidents in Colorado since 2008, with the vast majority on the small side. Still, David Metz of Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates, which conducted the survey of 462 voters statewide, says pollsters found what he calls a “striking consensus.”
5Oct2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Reasons for State’s Drilling Slump Depend on Who (and WHERE) You Ask
One can understand why energy stakeholders on the West Slope are particularly sensitive to the drilling regulations issue. In fact, the divide in thinking on the subject between the eastern and western halves of the state seems at times nearly as large as the mountains and passes that geographically divide Colorado.
3Mar2010 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
Ritter Won’t Run for Re-Election
Ritter’s “New Energy Economy” has been touted nationwide as an example of how to balance fossil fuels with renewable sources to diversify a state’s energy portfolio, and many Coloradans — some say a majority — support more regulation of extractive industries, including mining, to protect the state’s natural beauty and outdoor recreation economy.
6Jan2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Viewpoint: State Oil and Gas Regulators Are Spread
Too Thin to do Their Jobs
The boom in gas drilling across the country has left state and federal regulatory agencies in the dust. Colorado has done better than most states, but the federal Bureau of Land Management is a laggard.
3Jan2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
The Colorado Energy News Interview –
Dave Neslin of the Colorado Oil and Gas
Conservation Commission
The Executive Director of the state agency in charge of regulating the energy industry tackles several issues in this exclusive Q&A with CEN Editor David Hill, including the investigation of water well contamination on the West Slope; how companies are complying with the new drilling regs — and much more.
21Oct2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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