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Wyoming watching Colorado’s anti-fracking ballot issue

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Energy leaders in Wyoming are closely watching the fate of a Colorado ballot initiative that would severely limit fracking on non-federal land in that state. The ...

DATE: Oct 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Statewide setback controversy plays out in Battlement Mesa

Homes sit just 800 feet from pad

DATE: Oct 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver firm buys San Juan Basin oil wells

DJR Energy purchases assets from Encana for $480 million

DATE: Oct 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business

Suit challenges drilling on public land in Colorado, Utah

DENVER – Environmental groups have asked a judge to overturn the sale of drilling rights on public land in Colorado and Utah, saying the Trump administration didn’t consider the potential th...

DATE: Sep 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s towns and cities scared about property owners’ right ballot measure

La Plata County case in 2001 used as example

DATE: Sep 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado initiatives draw big bucks

Energy interests have kicked in more than $20M

DATE: Sep 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Sen. Cory Gardner says Colorado natural gas could buy diplomatic influence in Europe

‘The U.S. could push back on Vladimir Putin’

DATE: Sep 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

EPA’s methane rule rollback won’t apply to Colorado but could cause headaches down the road

The problem with state-by-state regulations: Wind blows methane across borders

DATE: Sep 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico AG critical of rolling back methane rules

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is criticizing the Trump administration’s move to roll back rules intended to reduce methane leaks from oil and gas operations. ...

DATE: Sep 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

BP looks to pull out of Southwest Colorado, northern New Mexico

Company intends to sell its assets in San Juan Basin

DATE: Aug 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Archuleta County denies granting BP a well near Arboles

Fifth well would have violated codes

DATE: Aug 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Methane leaks offset much of the benefits of natural gas, new study says

The U.S. oil and gas industry emits 13 million metric tons of methane from its operations each year – nearly 60 percent more than current estimates and enough to offset much of the climate b...

DATE: Jun 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World