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Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. seeks to lease Boulder County-owned minerals

October 31, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Boulder County received a letter from Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc., on July 5, 2022, offering to lease county-owned mineral rights in connection with Extraction’s “Blue Paintbrush” well pad planned in Weld County.

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In Land We Trust: Redtail Ranch Development Raises Concerns About Living on Old Oil and Gas Land

June 12, 2024 Like 0 Robert Davis

A planned subdivision near the Colorado National Golf Club in Erie has some residents raising concerns about building new homes on land formerly used by oil and gas companies. The neighborhood is known as Redtail Ranch, a 290-acre development that…

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Examining Oil & Gas’ Political Influence on the Front Range

May 10, 2024 Like 0 Austin Clinkenbeard

Fighting the machine Nick Saia lives in Colorado now, but he grew up on the salt marshes and estuaries of the Mississippi. He recalled swamp fishing, rabbit hunting, and boating out by the shack he and his father frequented. His…

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A layered approach: Boulder’s efforts against oil and gas drilling, climate disasters in a warming world

November 3, 2023 Like 0 Natalie Kerr

Though new drilling permits haven’t been granted in more than a decade, Boulder residents are feeling the effects of climate change When the Boulder oil field was discovered by the Mckenzie oil well in 1901, it prompted a “black gold”…

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New Ballot Initiatives from Protect Colorado Look to Defend Oil & Gas, Expose Initiatve Costs

July 16, 2020 Like 0 De La Vaca

In a press release from Protect Colorado, they announce they have collected over 140,000 signatures for their November Ballot Measures. The signature collection is for ballot measures that support “Consumer Choice” with regard to natural gas use & “Ballot…

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Local O&G Employees Threaten, Harass Environmental Activists in Broomfield

November 20, 2018 Like 0 editor

November 6th marked the end of the election season, but only the start of activism around oil and gas. It would be reasonable to assume oil and gas professionals would revel in the victory over proposition 112, the…

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Legalizing Oil Drilling, Criminalizing Sustainability

June 25, 2018 Like 0 Cliff Willmeng

In 2009, Colorado Democratic Governor Bill Ritter spoke to a crowd of 2000 people at a three-day conference of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association. He was direct about the future of methane in the state: “Natural gas is a…

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ECMC Delays Decision on Draco Pad, Hearing Rescheduled for Friday, November 15 at 9 a.m.

November 13, 2024 1 0 editor

Staff contribution Today, the Colorado Energy Carbon & Management Commission (ECMC) deliberated on the Draco Oil & Gas Development Project (OGDP) during their regularly scheduled weekly meeting. The Draco OGDP consists of 26 horizontal wellbores, which will run an unprecedented…

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‘I Don’t Want Erie to Become a Test Site’: Residents Concerned About Draco Well Pad to Drill Under Their Homes

November 1, 2024 1 0 Natalie Kerr

Update: Public Notice from the ECMC At the request of Extraction and Petitioner Southern Land Company, the Extraction Draco OGDP hearing will be continued, otherwise known as postponed, one week to November 13, 2024. This has been noted on the…

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New Polis Administration Rules Fail to Protect the Public from Fracking Impacts

October 22, 2024 2 0 Guest Contributor

ECMC enacts rules that will allow continued drilling regardless of climate and health impacts Written By Lauren Swain FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 15, 2024 ECMC enacts rules that will allow continued drilling regardless of climate and health impacts Oct 16 Written By…