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Colorado appeals court says Joe Salazar’s lawsuit against Public Trust Institute can move forward
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The Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled that a lawsuit by a former legislator alleging malicious prosecution by the Public Trust Institute and its former director can move forward. The ruling came with a first-ever determination that an administrative proceeding, which could form the basis for a malicious prosecution claim, must be “quasi-judicial.” In this…
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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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Colorado Rising to take another shot at an oil and gas ballot initiative
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Colorado Rising, the group that put forth the oil-and-gas setback initiative Proposition 112 on the November ballot, now says it is looking at another ballot measure in 2020 if “state leaders fail to take effective action to protect residents from neighborhood drilling.” What would that 2020 ballot measure look like? The group isn’t saying just yet.…
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Group behind oil-and-gas setbacks measure cancels rally, citing threats
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Colorado Rising, the group backing Proposition 112 on the November ballot, has cancelled a rally in support of the oil-and-gas setbacks measure that had been planned in Greeley Friday, Oct. 19, saying that tempers are running too hot and some of its supporters are being intimidated. Proposition 112 would bar oil and gas operations within…
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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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Get ready for a lot more advertising from the oil and gas industry on ballot measures
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While there’s been plenty of angst about the amount of money going into the governor’s race (currently at $21.3 million and counting, just for the candidates) campaign finance reports released Tuesday show that it’s likely to be dwarfed by what the oil and gas is already pouring into committees that will do its bidding on…
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Initiative 97 would gut oil and gas development, devastate Colorado’s economy
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Two years ago, Bridget was a single mom with plenty of worries, but few opportunities. She was on public assistance, with no place to call her own. Then, she found a job working in Greeley for an oil and natural gas company. The job gave her a good paycheck, health benefits, and a retirement plan.…
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Oops, turns out Denver Archdiocese didn’t endorse oil & gas ballot measure
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The Archdiocese of Denver showed up on Colorado Rising’s list of those endorsing Initiative 97, the ballot measure to increase setbacks for oil and gas operations from homes, schools and businesses. That was news to the archdiocese. Spokesman Mark Haas said the archdiocese has no record of O’Grady and had authorized no one to make…
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LOMAX | Thinly veiled anti-fracking groups can scarcely conceal their agenda
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There they go again. The final days of signature gathering for Initiative 97 have provided an excellent reminder of why national anti-oil and gas groups shouldn’t be handed the keys to the Colorado state economy. First, it was revealed that signature gatherers for Initiative 97 weren’t getting the paychecks they were promised – before losing their jobs…
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Initiative 97: Backers of oil & gas measure allege buyout of a signature gatherer
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For the second time in just over a week, a group hoping to restrict oil and gas operations in Colorado says a contractor it hired to circulate petitions for Initiative 97 has hurt instead of helped get the measure on the ballot. The pro-97 group, Colorado Rising, on Wednesday issued a statement saying that one of…
