The oil and gas industry has spent millions of dollars in Colorado over the last several years on an ad campaign portraying the industry as a collection of fourth-generation Colorado tree-huggers whose highest priorities are preserving an unspoiled environment and … Read More
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Adams County enacts six-week ban on new drilling while it draws up regulations – Denver Post
Adams County commissioners agreed this week to put in place a six-week moratorium on the signing of any agreements with oil and gas companies for new drilling projects in urban areas of the county. The commissioners, who made the decision … Read More
Impacted Coloradans Find New Oil and Gas Rule Lacking
Community organizations representing impacted Coloradans are frustrated by the final draft of the COGCC rule. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission will hear closing arguments on the draft regulations to implement Recommendations 17 and 20 from the 2014-2015 Colorado … Read More
New statewide organization will help Colorado residents participate in oil and gas drilling decisions
LOGIC will ensure a voice for Coloradans dealing with increased neighborhood drilling Community organizations across Colorado today announced the formation of LOGIC (The League of Oil and Gas Impacted Coloradans), to help Coloradans who increasingly face challenges arising from oil … Read More
Drilling questions still not answered – WESTMINSTER WINDOW
Community members in Adams County have been voicing questions and concerns over a proposed oil and gas drill site in the Wadley Farms neighborhood, but the wait for answers will have to continue. According to Jim Siedlecki, director of communications … Read More
Column: Deck stacked against Battlement, other oil and gas neighbors – POST INDEPENDENT
Gov. Hickenlooper, who’s standing up for Bill and Eleanor Nelson? I ask you specifically for two reasons: 1. I believe you care for the well-being of all Coloradans. 2. The Oil and Gas Task Force you formed last year to … Read More
Garfield panel approves Battlement Mesa drilling plan – GJ SENTINEL
The Garfield County Planning Commission has approved Ursa Resources’ proposal to drill 53 natural gas wells in the residential development of Battlement Mesa near Parachute. Voting early Thursday morning after a meeting that carried past midnight Wednesday, the commissioners approved … Read More
Great Western moves contested Windsor drilling project – COLORADOAN
After a nearly nine-month delay, Great Western Oil and Gas Co. announced Wednesday that its drilling project in Windsor is back on track, albeit at a new site. The Denver-based company plans to move its project about one mile east … Read More
Adams County neighbors: Too many wells, too close to homes
ADAMS COUNTY — A rural quiet breathes over the dirt roads and horse corrals of Wadley Farms in Adams County, a community of 120 homes cocooned in splendid solace amid the thrum of suburban life in nearby Thornton. But that … Read More
Drilling at edge of Windsor tests Colorado’s pledge to reduce conflict – DENVER POST
WINDSOR —Suburban homes and oil wells are sprouting at a fast pace in this town on the northern Colorado plains. Buff- and tan-colored houses — to blend with hills — cover the land in developments with names like Pelican Lakes … Read More