Author: Telbe Storbeck

Study the fracking proposals

13May

$Study the fracking proposals$

Guest column by Robert Golden, Mike Kopp and Jeff Wasden May 11, 2016 With the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision preserving responsible energy development in the state, fringe activists will attempt one final Hail Mary aimed at amending the Colorado Constitution. Backers of four measures targeting oil and gas development in Colorado have begun collecting the…

Yes, Colorado Supreme Court ruled correctly on local fracking bans

13May

$Yes, Colorado Supreme Court ruled correctly on local fracking bans$

By Kelly Brough May 6, 2016 Private property rights are foundational to the American dream. It’s how many of us have built wealth in the history of this country. From owning your first home to developing or selling property, private property rights play a role in creating wealth and feeding our economic health.

Profile: Initiative #40 – Colorado Community Rights Amendment

03May

As we discussed last month, special interests are circulating petitions that aim to curtail business and energy development in Colorado. As such, we’re taking a closer look at some of the measures in-depth. The first is Initiative #40, also called the Community Rights Amendment.

Denver Post: Colorado oil and gas bill deserves defeat

25Mar

The Denver Post Editorial Board March 24, 2016 It sounds fairly innocent: Why shouldn’t oil and gas companies “be treated just like any other industry,” as one state lawmaker insisted recently, when it comes to local land-use regulation? Well, that might be fine in a world in which every jurisdiction operated in good faith in…

The Pueblo Chieftain: Give rules a fair chance to work

25Mar

DAN HALEY GUEST COLUMNIST February 27, 2016 Environmental activists often paint a picture of the oil and gas industry in Colorado as an unregulated Wild West, where there are no rules and no consequences. That image couldn’t be further from the truth. Since 2010, the state has created some of the most rigorous rules in…

DBJ: 11 new ballot proposals take aim at Colorado oil and gas industry, fracking

23Dec

$DBJ: 11 new ballot proposals take aim at Colorado oil and gas industry, fracking$

Cathy Proctor Reporter Denver Business Journal Eleven separate ballot proposals aimed at Colorado’s oil and gas industry — including increasing setbacks to 4,000 feet and a statewide ban on the use of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking — have been filed with the state’s Legislative Council, the first step to getting on the 2016 ballot. If…

Statement: Vital for Colorado Applauds Bipartisan Work to Lift Oil Export Ban

20Dec

We have some exciting news! Last week, Congressional leaders agreed to a compromise on lifting the 40-year old oil export ban. The proposal was added to the country’s appropriations bill, which lifted the ban, among other key spending items.

EPA: Executive Summary, Hydraulic Fracturing Study - Draft Assessment 2015

18Nov

The U.S. Congress urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to study the relationship between hydraulic fracturing and drinking water.

Study: No water-based contaminants found in Colorado wells

18Nov

There’s no evidence of water-based contaminants seeping into drinking water wells atop a vast oil and gas field in northeastern Colorado, according to Colorado State University scientists working to protect and inform citizens about the safety of their water.

Ban the Ban: Colorado Coalition Calls for Crude Oil Exports

03Nov

Lifting what it describes as an outdated ban on crude oil exports from the United States could bolster energy production and in turn the economy in resource-rich Colorado, according to a coalition of business and economic development leaders in the state.

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