fracking ban
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Oil & gas measures fail signature test, appeal considered
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It’s official, the fight against fracking has reached a dead-end in this 2016 election year in news perhaps not surprising to Colorado Democrat Gov. John Hickenlooper. The governor this week predicted the demise of two ballot initiatives that would have sought to limit hydraulic fracturing operations in the state. Turns out he was right. Neither of…
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Oil & gas issues may not make ballot
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Updated: Friday, 08/12/16, 13:39 MDT Two closely watched and controversial state constitutional amendments related to oil and natural gas development in Colorado face the prospect of not making the ballot, after backers submitted just slightly more than the required number of signatures for each measure. The two measures are Initiative 75, which would allow local…
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Nicolais: Fracking opinions a study in judicial discipline
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The twin fracking opinions handed down by the Colorado Supreme Court this month illustrate the distorted lens through which most court opinions are reported and received by the public. Justice Richard Gabriel, the newest member of the high court and one generally considered to fall on the liberal side of the judicial spectrum, issued the…
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State high court ruling sure to intensify battles over fracking at the Capitol
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Colorado lawmakers this year battled fiercely over oil and gas bills, and there will be many more battles in future legislative sessions, lawmakers said Tuesday, given the state supreme court decision on Monday that overturned a ban on hydraulic fracturing in Longmont and a five-year moratorium in Fort Collins put in place by local governments…
