methane
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Colorado joins multi-state coalition to defend EPA methane rule
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Battle lines have been drawn in a fight between oil-producing red states and environmentally-driven blue states over a new regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency. Critics say is an unauthorized expansion of the EPA’s regulatory authority. But proponents said it’s important to control pollution from methane emissions. Led by the attorneys general of Texas and…
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Colorado joins multi-state coalition to defend EPA methane rule
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Battle lines have been drawn in a fight between oil-producing red states and environmentally-driven blue states over a new regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency. Critics say is an unauthorized expansion of the EPA’s regulatory authority. But proponents said it’s important to control pollution from methane emissions. Led by the attorneys general of Texas and…
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Colorado joins multi-state coalition to defend EPA methane rule
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Battle lines have been drawn in a fight between oil-producing red states and environmentally-driven blue states over a new regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency. Critics say is an unauthorized expansion of the EPA’s regulatory authority. But proponents said it’s important to control pollution from methane emissions. Led by the attorneys general of Texas and…
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Denver advocates call for action against methane emissions
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Environmental, health and frontline advocates in Colorado want President Biden to take immediate action on methane pollution. They rallied Thursday at the EPA’s Regional Denver Office as part of a nationwide effort to push for more regulation of the oil and gas industry’s methane pollution. In 2021, the EPA proposed a draft rule to cut methane…
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Denver considers new fee-based waste diversion program
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Denver is considering expanding its residential waste services to provide weekly recycling and composting services to all customers with a new leveled fee structure. The program would charge residents in single-family homes and small multifamily buildings a different amount monthly based on the size of trash bin they need. The fee structure would charge $9…
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Dozens plead with Trump administration to keep air rules at Denver hearing
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By Dan Elliott, Associated Press Dozens of people who live near oil and gas wells pleaded with the Trump administration at a Denver hearing Wednesday not to roll back rules for methane pollution, while industry representatives said the changes should go further. The Environmental Protection Agency held the hearing on the administration’s plans to loosen…
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Trump rolls back methane rules for drilling on US lands
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The Trump administration on Tuesday rolled back an Obama-era rule that forced energy companies to capture methane – a key contributor to climate change that’s released in huge amounts during drilling on U.S. and tribal lands. A replacement rule from the Interior Department rescinds mandates for companies to reduce gas pollution, which Trump administration officials…
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Colo. oil and gas commission works on new safety rules
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The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission will focus this fall on developing financial and safety guarantees for wells, orphan wells and flow lines in rule makings and working groups, Julie Murphy, the commission’s executive director, said Tuesday. Most of the initiatives stem from the home explosion in Firestone caused by a cut oil and…
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Opportunity for Gov. Hickenlooper to put his words on climate into action
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The operator of Colorado’s single largest source of methane emissions is asking to pay Coloradans even less to continue polluting our air and water, bulldozing our forests, and exacerbating the climate problem. Arch Coal operates the West Elk coal mine – Colorado’s largest coal mine – in Gunnison National Forest, and they are filing a…
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Federal appeals court blocks effort to suspend methane rule with input from Colorado
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A federal appeals court blocked a Trump administration effort to suspend an Obama-era methane regulation with input from Colorado. Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, has long been dedicated to the subject of methane, dating back to 2014 when the state passed the first methane regulations in the nation. Producers are required to use infrared cameras to…
