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Colorado passes sweeping new regulations for oil, gas development
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The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission this month passed sweeping regulations that officials say will cost oil and gas producers tens of millions of dollars per year in order to comply with the state’s emissions goals. The state Air Pollution Control Division wants the oil and gas industry to reduce its emissions by 36% by…
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INSIGHTS | Oil and gas poised to fight back over rules and politics
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The week after the election, hundreds of members of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association had prime rib and coffee in a ballroom inside the Hilton Denver City Center. It was COGA’s annual luncheon, but it had the feel of a victory party salted with a half-time pep talk. In a political fight over moving oil…
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Drama over oil and gas ballot measure: Claims of stolen petitions, harassment
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UPDATE, 7/27: Sponsors of a proposal to limit oil and gas drilling in Colorado say they’ve recovered thousands of voter petitions supporting the measure that were taken out of state by an Oregon signature gathering firm. CLICK HERE for more. Proponents of a ballot measure to keep drilling operations 2,500 feet from homes and businesses…
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Colorado Democrats officially back limits on fracking this year
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Most Democratic candidates this year could be talking down fracking. That’s not a surprise, especially now that it’s official. The Colorado Democratic Party’s State Executive and Central Committee met July 14 at Elizabeth High School in Elbert County to tend to business, including supporting Initiative 97 to require fracking operations to be at least 2,500-foot…
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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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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…
