COGCC

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.

Magazine

Month in Review | March 2022

March 23, 2022 Like 0 Adrian Connolly

A comprehensive review of some of the main events north of the 104th, Boulder County, and the surrounding area all within the past month.

Online News

Dark Money In Erie: What special interests seek to gain by influencing Erie’s election

March 17, 2022 1 0 Robert Davis

A dark money group has set up shop to funnel big money into Erie’s municipal election in support of candidates who want to relax the town’s oil and gas rules.

Health

$Will the COGCC approve a fracking site the size of five Walmarts?$

Will the COGCC approve a fracking site the size of five Walmarts?

September 14, 2019 Like 3 redtornado

*Update 2/24/2020 It is our understanding that the COGCC has not yet approved this well site. This personal blog has a more current status of what is taking place with legal actions around Oil & Gas. Broomfield Concerned also reports…

Community Corner

Open Letter to Attorney General Phil Weiser-COGCC Rulemaking

July 16, 2019 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Community Contribution Attorney General Philip Weiser 1300 Broadway Denver, Colorado cc: Governor Jared Polis, Senator Mike Foote, Senator Steve Fenberg, Representative KC Becker, Representative Yadira Caraveo July 14, 2019 Dear Sir: As the people’s lawyer…

Community Corner

First COGCC Rulemaking to Implement SB-181 Fails to Listen to Citizen Stakeholders; Rule Proposals Evidence of Disregard for Citizens, Health and Safety

June 16, 2019 Like 0 Kate Merlin

Earlier this year the legislature passed, and Governor Polis signed into law, Senate Bill 181. The new law changes the mission of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission from a responsibility to “foster” the industry to having to enact reasonable…

Letter to the Editor

Martinez v. COGCC: Unmasking Colorado’s Explicit Prioritization of Profit Over Health and Safety in Oil and Gas Regulations, by Katherine Merlin, Esq.

January 15, 2019 Like 1 editor

It should be noted that in its decision the COGCC never disputed the scientific evidence put forward, including evidence regarding the catastrophic projected impacts of climate change. The COGCC does not deny that climate change exists, it merely ignores the…

Magazine

Month in Review

October 24, 2018 Like 0 editor

Brett Kavanaugh was appointed to the Supreme Court after recent confirmation votes, in spite of Boulder resident Deborah Ramirez – and numerous others – alleging rape, sexual assault, and violence from the nominee. Ms. Ramirez and her company have been subject…

Magazine

Frack Attack

February 14, 2012 Like 0 Greg Campbell

If you hadn’t been paying attention, it would be easy to believe that oil and gas companies crept into rural suburban communities like Erie under cover of darkness and drilled scores of wells while no one was looking. In fact,…

Online News

Oil & gas regulatory chief quits to advocate for oil & gas industry

February 1, 2012 Like 2 Greg Campbell

Dave Neslin, the director of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission—the state agency in charge of regulating oil and gas operators who’ve created much uproar and controversy in Boulder County through their use of hydraulic fracturing—announced he will step…