Gas And Oil

Seven homes evacuated for large-scale gasoline leak south of Durango

At least 1,000 gallons of fuel escaped pipeline, saturated ground

DATE: Dec 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA celebrates $4.9 million grant to Southern Ute Tribe to cut air pollution

Program will cut greenhouse gas emissions from tribal natural gas sources by 29%

DATE: Oct 1, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Chaco Canyon buffer zone in the crossfires of Project 2025

In 1973, it was Project Independence that brought a surge of extraction to Native American reservations to meet the energy demands of the country. Now Project 2025 includes policies with the...

DATE: Sep 20, 2024 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

La Plata County’s gas drilling rules just turned one – are they working?

Only one operator has fully complied with the new rules, but stakeholders say they’re working through the kinks

DATE: Sep 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

What happens when a natural gas company doesn’t pay a $12 million La Plata County tax bill?

Simcoe LLC has outstanding debt of $9.2 million

DATE: Aug 31, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado awarded $12.6 million federal grant to plug methane-emitting oil and gas wells

The U.S. Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency are giving a $12.6 million boost to Colorado’s efforts to reduce methane emissions by plugging older, low-producing oil ...

DATE: Aug 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Durango gas prices begin to dip, but remain high

AAA spokesman, Visit Durango don’t expect much reprieve this month given summer’s ‘last hurrah’

DATE: Aug 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Southern Utes take federal regulatory authority of minor air pollution sources

Tribe is first in the nation to do so, EPA official says

DATE: Jul 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Oil production rebounds in Colorado, drillers optimistic

It’s been a wild ride for Colorado’s oil drillers. Before the pandemic, they celebrated record-breaking oil production in Colorado. Then the industry was hit hard by the global shutdown, as ...

DATE: Jul 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The cost of gas is about to spike in Colorado. How high will it go?

The EPA is forcing Colorado to switch to reformulated gas as ground-level ozone hits ‘severe’

DATE: May 21, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado environmental groups threaten to sue EPA for failing to crack down on oil and gas permits

Notice of suit says federal agency should act after state regulators missed deadline

DATE: May 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The deal behind Colorado’s oil and gas deal: No new drilling policies until 2028

A grand bargain Gov. Jared Polis announced last week isn’t only intended to avert the current showdown over oil and gas development in Colorado. The political truce is engineered to prevent ...

DATE: May 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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