September 13, 2019
Bloomberg Environment, Tripp Baltz, September 12, 2019- Colorado’s oil-rich Weld County has taken steps to encourage more drilling. Neighboring Boulder County is working to significantly reduce it. Both are acting under a new state law that gives local governments more control over energy production. What happens in Weld County matters …
August 5, 2019
Denver Post, John Aguilar, August 4, 2019- Adams County could become the first community in Colorado to require a larger separation between new wells and occupied buildings than the state mandates, as leaders at both the state and local level wrestle with how to implement a historic oil and gas reform …
December 13, 2018
The Colorado Sun, Sandra Fish, December 12, 2018- Seven of the top 10 corporate and nonprofit donors in Colorado’s 2018 midterm election were oil and gas interests that combined to spend more than $34 million — a total that exceeded the campaigns for both candidates in the governor’s race. The money primarily …
November 12, 2018
The Gazette, Marianne Goodland, November 7, 2018- While Colorado voters said yes to a host of Democratic candidates Tuesday night, they said no to most of the 13 amendments and propositions on the ballot, including the controversial Amendment 74. That measure, which would have required state or local governments to …
November 7, 2018
Coloradoan, Jacy Marmaduke, November 6, 2018- Colorado’s constitution won’t guarantee landowners the right to reimbursement if a law or regulation harms their property values. According to the Colorado Secretary of State’s late Tuesday count, 54 percent of voters were in favor and 46 percent against. The amendment needed 55 percent approval to …