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By backing anti-oil-and-gas initiative, Dems send chilling message to Coloradans
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At first glance, hearing that Colorado’s Democratic Party State Executive and Central Committee recently voted in resounding favor to support the oil-and-gas-killing Initiative 97 was not surprising. But as I thought more about the message this endorsement sends to all of Colorado I became increasingly frustrated by the news. I understand that there is an…
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Insidious Initiative 97 would destroy Colorado’s oil and gas economy
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After decades of hard work, Colorado has a diverse and growing economy. Every sector of that economy is important, but the energy sector plays a critical role. Colorado’s business community will always be ready to defend it. Energy producers in Colorado literally fuel every other sector of the economy. With locally sourced and affordable energy,…
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Q&A with Henry Sobanet | Colorado’s fiscal Jedi moves on
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They say no one can serve two masters. But how about two governors – from opposing political parties? Such has been the odyssey of Henry Sobanet. He was budget czar – keeper of the keys to Colorado’s fiscal star chamber – for former Republican Gov. Bill Owens as well as current Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper. Holding…
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Gardner, Bennet help find work-around to save conservation fund
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A handful of bipartisan members of the U.S. Senate Tuesday came up with a different way to make permanent the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), which helps pay for outdoor projects in Colorado and elsewhere, by inserting it into a required federal spending bill. The LWCF gets his money from federal oil and gas…
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Hickenlooper pleads for survival of land and water conservation fund
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Gov. John Hickenlooper sent a plea Tuesday to Colorado’s congressional delegation, urging them to push for full funding of the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). The fund, which relies on federal oil and gas drilling lease revenues from offshore sites rather than tax revenue, was envisioned by President Dwight Eisenhower in the 1950s…
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California vehicle rules kick Coloradans out of the driver’s seat
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At the heart of the debate over Gov. John Hickenlooper’s recent executive order to adopt California vehicle emissions standards is a simple question: Who should decide what vehicles Coloradans will use in the future for work, recreation or basic transportation? Will there be fines or fees smacked on vehicle owners who will not or cannot…
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Gov. Hickenlooper signs order to tackle orphan oil & gas wells
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Gov. John Hickenlooper Wednesday signed an executive order that directs the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) to ramp up its efforts to clean up some of the state’s more than 530 “orphan” oil and gas wells around the state. Hickenlooper said Wednesday that the problem of orphan wells – abandoned wells that have been…
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Guv’s vehicle-emissions mandate is a costly, unwarranted overreach
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Gov. Hickenlooper recently signed an executive order directing his appointees at the Air Quality Control Commission to promulgate a new rule adopting California’s Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) standards for new vehicle sales in Colorado beginning in 2022. If successful, the governor’s plan will very likely cost Coloradans billions of dollars in higher vehicle prices and…
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Kudos to Hickenlooper for his initiative on low-emission vehicles
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Colorado’s outdoor industry employs 228,000 and generates $28 billion for our economy. Gov. John Hickenlooper’s executive order on the Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) standard is critical for our continued economic growth. His action to direct adoption of this clean car standard is to be applauded – especially at a time when our federal government seems…
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LOMAX | Anti-oil and gas movement gains little ground beyond Boulder
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For years, national environmental activist groups have camped out in Boulder and the suburbs of Boulder, running a series of local campaigns against the oil and gas industry. From this corner of the state, they have tried to stage a much bigger campaign to drive oil and gas out of Colorado. But the activists have struggled because…
