colorado oil and gas association
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COGA gives $332k to the Tennyson Center for Children
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Before oil and gas gets muddy in politics, its trade association shows that the industry has its heart and its dollars in the right place. The Colorado Oil and Gas Association (COGA) recently gave the Tennyson Center for Children a check for $332,000 to help kids choose a positive path after suffering severe abuse, neglect…
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Colorado’s oil and gas industry tells voters it’s a friend
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Colorado’s oil and gas industry needs all the friendly voters it can get in the next few weeks, so the avalanche of positive spin generated this week by its allies and affiliates is no coincidence. In the June primary, U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, the industry’s favorite political bad guy, is leading the field of four…
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2018 Colo. legislature: What’s next on the issues that drove the session?
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The biggest issues of the 120-day Colorado legislative session are far from done just because they’ve been voted on. Transportation is still a snowball rolling downhill toward November, and the dollars that will eventually be steered into roads, bridges and transit are hardly settled. Lawmakers created a $32 billion solution to the state’s public-pension plan,…
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2018 Colo. legislature: Key players size up the game
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Colorado Politics reached out to leading organizations that keep an eye on the Capitol for their analyses of the four-month session that ended May 9. Here’s a roundup. Colorado Education AssociationThe state teachers’ union closely followed changes to the public employees’ pension plan, which passed on the last night of the session. The $32 billion…
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Give legislature credit for bipartisan efforts enhancing oil and gas regs
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Democrats and Republicans working together, conservationists and industry jointly testifying in support of legislation, and progress for the state of Colorado and its citizens. It’s hard to believe given the political discord that dominates our airwaves, but it actually happened. In fact, more than once. With what seems to be the media hot-button topic of…
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Forced pooling bill providing oil & gas leasing protections passes legislature
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A bill giving Colorado homeowners more protections when oil and gas drillers seek to obtain their mineral rights has passed the state Senate, its final hurdle in the legislature, and now goes to Gov. John Hickenlooper. Senate Bill 320 earlier was passed by the House of Representatives, with both the industry and environmentalists supporting it.…
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Once again, Colorado leads the nation in safeguards for oil and gas development
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For the past decade, Colorado has led the country when it comes to regulating the oil and gas industry – from air rules and fluid disclosures, to water monitoring and spill reporting requirements. And now, we also have the most comprehensive flowline regulations in the nation. In response to the tragic events in Firestone one…
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Colorado mayors sign letter touting benefits of solar energy
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DENVER – Eight current or former mayors from Colorado signed a letter in support of more solar energy that was endorsed by a bipartisan group of 180 mayors from across the country. “Cities across Colorado should take steps to switch to solar energy,” said Garret Garner-Wells with Environment Colorado, which released the letter Wednesday. “By…
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Oil and gas accident reporting bill clears committee over industry objections
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A bill to focus and enhance reporting of oil and gas industry spills and accidents cleared the House Transportation and Energy Committee Wednesday over the objections of the oil and gas industry. The bill, House Bill 1157, passed with the committee’s eight Democrats voting for it and the five Republicans opposing it. The legislation is a…
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Colorado Oil and Gas Association does some good for abused kids
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The oil and gas industry gets kicked around by community activists who don’t like fossil fuels or their operations nearby, but there is a great upside to the industry. It rains tax revenue on the state and local communities alike, generates jobs and gives politicians another thing to argue about. And last month it had…