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Colorado’s justices take on five cases, ranging from insanity defense to oil and gas
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Five more cases made it onto the Colorado Supreme Court’s docket last week, implicating the insanity defense, the right of the accused to question alternate suspects at trial, and disputes over oil and gas production. At least three of the seven members of the court must agree to hear a case in order for the…
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Colorado regulators boost oil and gas setbacks from school and daycare playgrounds
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The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Tuesday unanimously approved new rules to increase setbacks between new oil and gas operations and schools as well as child care facilities. But some anti-fracking activists said the change will not keep them from pursuing legislation in 2019 or another ballot measure to increase oil and gas buffer…
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Colo. House approves $29 billion state budget bill on bipartisan vote
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DENVER – The Colorado House of Representatives this morning approved the 2018-19 budget as contained in House Bill 1322 on a 42-22 vote, sending it on to the Senate. All House Democrats voted in favor of the $28.9 billion measure, along with six Republicans, including state Rep. Bob Rankin of Carbondale, who represents the Republican…
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Activist message to Oil and Gas commission: Stop the Martinez appeal
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Stop the Martinez appeal. That was the message from more than 60 people who crowded the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission meeting. It was standing room only at the Chancery Building in Denver Monday with several spilling out into the hallway as they waited to voice health and safety concerns. One protester even gave…
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Noonan: Oil and gas ‘sides’ need to move forward to secure public safety
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Both “sides” in the arguments over oil and gas development say the other is “taking advantage” of the explosions in Firestone and Mead. This should not be a time for sides. This should be a time for serious analysis. It can also provide an opening that should, for the sake of everyone in the state,…
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Firestone tragedy unlikely to shake up Capitol oil and gas politics
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A lot has changed in the wake of the oil and gas industry-linked explosion at the end of April in Firestone that killed two. Anadarko Petroleum shut down 3,000 wells. Matt Lepore, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission director, spoke about conducting “an ongoing conversation about new safety measures” of one kind or another. Gov.…
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Firestone Rep. Saine: A full-throated opponent of oil and gas flowline bill
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State Rep. Lori Saine, a Republican who represents constituents rocked by a recent fatal oil and gas industry-related home explosion in Firestone, strongly opposes a bill introduced Friday morning that would require the drilling industry to make available well flowline mapping data to regulators and the public. “This tragedy is very fresh in my mind.…
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Lawmakers battle oil and gas drilling setback bill from well-dug trenches
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In Colorado, the rule is that oil and gas wells can be sited 1,000 feet from a school building. A bill that aimed to update that rule to measure the setback instead from the school property line drew crowds to the Capitol this month to testify in support of it and major drilling industry figures…
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Foote, oil and gas industry still prepping in run-up to school setback debate
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“Yeah, it seems like they don’t like it that much,” said state Rep. Mike Foote on Thursday. He was talking about the oil and gas industry’s view of his new drilling setback bill. Foote’s House Bill 1256 would clarify that the minimum 1,000-foot distance separating schools from new oil and gas wells must be measured…
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The Hot Sheet, August 10, 2016
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VOL. 01 NO. 149 | AUGUST 10, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016By TCS Editor and Publisher Jared Wright DENVER – Good morning and welcome to your main diet staple in Colorado political news … and easy to digest too – well, at least in terms of the format. The topics, maybe not so much. Lots…
