colorado oil and gas industry
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Colo. ballot measure on oil and gas setbacks gains a list of opponents
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A ballot measure to require deep setbacks from oil and gas operations in Colorado picked up a long list of opponents Wednesday. Proposition 112 would require industry operations to be at least 2,500 feet from schools, homes and businesses, instead of the current 1,00o-foot setback for schools and hospitals and 500 feet from homes. A…
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Coffman challengers Salazar, Weiser call attorney general’s appeal decision ‘tone deaf,’ ‘misguided’
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The two Democrats running for attorney general in next year’s election on Thursday ripped a decision by Republican incumbent Cynthia Coffman to defy Gov. John Hickenlooper by appealing a court decision critics say could shut down oil and gas production in Colorado. State Rep. Joe Salazar, D-Thornton, and Phil Weiser, a former dean of the…
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Attorney General Coffman appeals Martinez decision over Governor Hickenlooper’s objection
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Asserting that Colorado’s governor doesn’t have the authority to overrule a decision made by the state’s oil and gas commission, Attorney General Cynthia Coffman on Thursday appealed a lower court ruling that could effectively shut down drilling in the state despite Gov. John Hickenlooper’s request this week for her office to stand down. The controversy…
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Foote drilling setback bill draws crowd of gas-patch residents to Capitol
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There are some 100 witnesses lined up to testify at the committee hearing for a bill that would require oil and gas drillers to site wells at least 1,000 feet from school property. Attendees hope the hearing finishes by midnight. No one at the Capitol could be surprised by the turnout at the hearing. The…
