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Shale revolution helps lower prices at pump, makes Colorado better

Shale revolution helps lower prices at pump, makes Colorado better This column ran in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel on December 7, 2014 Take a peek in your wallet. Chances are, you have a little extra cash in your pocket this holiday season. Thanks to fracking and increased domestic drilling, if you filled up an SUV…

LOVELAND BUSINESS AND CIVIC LEADERS TELL GOVERNOR’S TASK FORCE THAT FRACKING IS MAKING COLORADO BETTER

For Immediate Release: November 19, 2014 LOVELAND BUSINESS AND CIVIC LEADERS TELL GOVERNOR’S TASK FORCE THAT FRACKING IS MAKING COLORADO BETTER Full-page Newspaper Ad Asks Task Force to Protect the Regulations Already in Place LOVELAND (November 19, 2014) — More than 25 business and community leaders in Loveland have signed an open letter to Governor…

Energy Pipeline: News briefs

More than 30,000 sign Vital for Colorado’s pledge DENVER - Vital for Colorado has collected more than 30,000 pledges from residents who support Colorado’s oil and gas industry. The pledge outlines seven principles regarding energy development and hydraulic fracturing that are paramount to a vibrant and successful oil and natural gas industry in Colorado, including…

How fracking insulates USA: Our view

It eases security threats emanating from both the Middle East and Vladimir Putin. There is much news these days from the world’s major energy producing regions. Almost none of it is good. Iraq, Libya and Syria are in turmoil. Russia, the world’s largest exporter of natural gas and the second largest exporter of oil, is…

Over 2,400 Business and Community Leaders Statewide have Signed Vital For Colorado Pledge

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 29, 2014 Contact: Peter Moore ([email protected]), Board Chairman Rachel Nance ([email protected]), Senior Consultant Over 2,400 Business and Community Leaders Statewide have Signed Vital For Colorado Pledge Coalition Supports Fracking, Opposes Bans DENVER – Just a few short months after its formation, more than 2,400 businesses, trade associations, chambers of commerce, sportsmen organizations, agricultural…

Hickenlooper backs talks on oil & gas local-control bill, but isn’t sure bill will come

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2014/05/01/hickenlooper-backs-talks-on-oil-gas-local-control.html?page=all Ed Sealover | Denver Business Journal Oil and gas industry leaders who are working with legislators on a proposal to increase the regulatory authority of local governments have the support of Gov. John Hickenlooper in their efforts to find a solution — efforts the governor estimated Wednesday to have a “50/50” chance of producing a late-session bill. Several…

Denver Business Journal: University of Colorado study suggests major job loss from proposed fracking ban

Mar 26, 2014, 9:07am MDT Updated: Mar 26, 2014, 3:59pm MDT By: Neil Westergaard and Heather Draper Denver Business Journal Fracking draws the ire of environmental activists, many of whom envision a world without the controversial process. But economists from the University of Colorado (CU) predict job losses of 93,000, and $12 billion in lost gross…

150+ MAYORS, COMMISSIONERS, AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SIGN LETTER OPPOSING PROPOSALS THAT WOULD CREATE “REGULATORY CHAOS” FOR OIL AND GAS

For Immediate Release: March 10, 2014 Contact: Peter Moore ([email protected]) Rachel Nance ([email protected]) 150+ MAYORS, COMMISSIONERS, AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SIGN LETTER OPPOSING PROPOSALS THAT WOULD CREATE “REGULATORY CHAOS” FOR OIL AND GAS Bipartisan Letter: “Attempts to end Colorado’s statewide approach to energy regulation would invite more politics into our energy policy, at a time…

Denver Business Journal: New Colorado business group aims to counter anti-fracking movement

Mar 5, 2014, 6:14pm MST By Cathy Proctor Denver Business Journal A new coalition of 43 business and civic groups along with dozens of businesses and individuals from across Colorado has been formed to advocate for the state’s oil and gas industry. The group is called Vital for Colorado. Its website is here. “We’re trying…

VITAL FOR COLORADO TO RALLY BUSINESS, CIVIC LEADERS IN SUPPORT OF BALANCED STATEWIDE OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT

For Immediate Release: March 5, 2014 Contact: Peter Moore ([email protected]) Rachel Nance ([email protected]) ‘VITAL FOR COLORADO’ TO RALLY BUSINESS, CIVIC LEADERS IN SUPPORT OF BALANCED STATEWIDE OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT VITAL CHAIRMAN: “It isn’t just oil and gas companies who will suffer if these attempts to hijack our state’s energy policy succeed. The entire economy…

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