front range gas patch
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Top Colorado regulator uncertain ‘what happens next’ after fatal Firestone explosion linked to oil and gas operations
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Matt Lepore, director of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, told reporters Tuesday afternoon that it was a “confluence of events” tied to an uncapped line leading to a gas well that led to the fatal home explosion in Firestone April 17. He said that state well inspections and regulations would not necessarily prevent…
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Lawsuit targets state regulators for approving 24-well project near Greeley-area middle school
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The battle over oil and gas drilling setbacks is growing hot again in Colorado’s northern Front Range gas patch. Tuesday afternoon, a coalition of environmental and civil rights groups filed a lawsuit (pdf) in a Denver district court challenging the approval by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of a drilling project sited near…