Oil and Gas

Letter to the Editor: Draco Pad

October 28, 2024 2 0 Guest Contributor

My name is Skylar Weitzel and I have lived in Erie since 2004. I didn’t know a lot about Erie’s mining or O&G history when I moved here, probably because I was too distracted by the amazing view of 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…

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Draco Well Pad Proposal Looms Over Erie

October 19, 2024 3 0 Natalie Kerr

Civitas Resources plans to drill twenty-six wells just outside Erie limits concerns residents and town administration. When Kelsey Barnholt moved to Erie four years ago, she thought its reputation as a mining town was based on a past era, the…

Press Releases

Public Invited to Address ECMC on Draco Oil and Gas Development Project-Oct. 29th, 2024

October 18, 2024 Like 0 redtornado

Press releases are provided to Yellow Scene Magazine. In an effort to keep our community informed, we publish some press releases in whole. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Public Invited to Address Colorado Energy & Carbon Management Commission on Draco Oil and…

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Car-Centric Cities and the Issue of Transportation Between Erie and Boulder

October 15, 2024 Like 0 Julie River

There’s currently very limited public transit options to get from Erie to Boulder, but that could change in the upcoming election It’s been a little over a year now since I became a full-time pedestrian and user of public transportation.…

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Your Guide to Hydrogen Energy in Colorado

September 21, 2024 Like 0 Natalie Kerr

Hydrogen. The smallest and most abundant molecule in the universe. In the face of the climate crisis, some see harnessing hydrogen for energy as a miracle fix, while others think investing in hydrogen-based energy is doing more harm to our…

Local

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…

Magazine

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…

Environment

Fracking the System; World Premiere, Awards, A New Fracking Bill, and Upcoming Screenings

April 2, 2024 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Press releases are provided to Yellow Scene Magazine. In an effort to keep our community informed, we publish some press releases in whole. World Premiere We had a wonderful world premiere at the 2024 Colorado Environmental Film Festival and we…

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A Local Erie Ruling May Indicate a Statewide Shift Away From Fossil Fuels

March 9, 2024 2 0 Katie Mackinnon

The drilling continues in Coyote Trails It was late spring of 2023 and David Frank was doing routine reviews of permits filed near Erie when he stumbled across something strange. Extraction Oil and Gas had filed seven new permits to…