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CAPITOL M: Week of Jan. 15, 2022 — Welcome Back to Gold Dome High
The lighter side of the Capitol, unless it isn’t. The 2022 session is off to a bang (of the gavel) and the return of lawmakers during a pandemic that does.not.ever.want.to.end. The big question this week: how long the legislature will be able to operate before having to adjourn because of a massive outbreak of COVID.…
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State Supreme Court agrees to hear cases on right to counsel, company’s alleged misstatements
The Colorado Supreme Court recently agreed to hear appeals in three cases that question the interpretation of federal protections for investors as well as the constitutional guarantee of legal representation for the criminally accused. While the court took a pass on a fourth case involving a business dispute in Arapahoe County, two members indicated they…
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Thornton mayor Jan Kulmann joins crowded GOP field in Colorado’s 8th CD
Thornton Mayor Jan Kulmann on Tuesday became the latest Republican to announce a bid to represent Colorado’s new 8th Congressional District. The oil and gas engineer joins a crowded field for the open seat, which is likely to be the most competitive congressional race in the state next year and could determine which party controls…
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Colorado Oil & Gas Commission examining industry’s financial obligations to orphan wells
Colorado’s Oil & Gas Commission this week started the process for changing the rules regarding the financial obligations drilling companies must comply with to clean up “orphan wells.” An orphaned well is one that is no longer operating for whatever reason, and that must be “plugged, remediated and reclaimed” by the state. Often they’ve been…
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Colorado mulls new rules for oil, gas drilling near schools
Colorado oil and gas regulators are considering enlarging the mandatory buffer zone between new wells and school property. A proposal released by the state Oil and Gas Conservation Commission late Wednesday afternoon would require new wells to be at least 1,000 feet from buildings as well as outdoor areas that schools use, such as playgrounds…
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Colorado oil company failed to report spills in North Dakota
BISMARCK, N.D. – A Denver-based oil company operating in the Bakken oil patch says employees failed to report five spills in northwest North Dakota dating to October. Cody Duran, vice president of privately-held Zavanna LLC, told The Bismarck Tribune that three spills occurred at the same saltwater disposal well last year and two spills occurred at…
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Colorado energy jobs led by natural gas and energy efficiency sectors
Energy employment in Colorado grew by 11 percent in 2017 to a total of nearly 91,000 jobs – lead by the natural gas and energy-efficiency sectors, according to a report by the National Association of State Energy Officials. The survey of energy companies, which was done in conjunction with the energy think tank the Energy…
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Colo. counties, Boulder suing energy companies over climate costs
Two Colorado counties and the city of Boulder says they expect to spend at least $100 million over the next 30 years dealing with the impacts of climate change caused by fossil fuels – and that’s why they’ve drafted a lawsuit targeting a pair of energy giants that operate in Colorado. The Denver Business Journal…
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Federal officials approve drilling on 26,000 acres near Grand Junction
GRAND JUNCTION – Federal officials have approved plans for a company to drill for oil on the Whitewater Basin in western Colorado. The Daily Sentinel reports the Bureau of Land Management approved Fram Operating LLC’s Whitewater development plan, which calls for drilling more than 100 wells on 26,000 acres near Grand Junction. The bureau’s action…
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Battle of the Booms: Feelings on oil and gas drilling continue to run high in growing Front Range suburbs
In October, an overflow crowd of Front Range residents, brandishing signs and wearing surgical masks, descended on the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) meeting to voice opposition to a plan to drill oil wells in Broomfield. “We need a say. Tell the state it’s not OK,” they chanted. In January, when notice went…