Critics of proposed reforms fear bills could fall to taxpayers
By Judith Kohler
The Denver Post
Proposed reforms meant to ensure taxpayers don’t get stuck paying to clean up oil and gas sites could leave the public open to eventually covering billions of dollars in costs, environmentalist...
Kauffman allegedly failed to report spills
By Judith Kohler
The Denver Post
In a preliminary decision, state regulators have determined that K.P. Kauffman Co. violated several oil and gas rules, a finding that brings with it roughly $1.2 million in recommended penalties.
The penalty amount could...
Thousands of permits OK’d under old rules; some homeowners disillusioned
By Judith Kohler
The Denver Post
A new state oil and gas law that was heralded as bringing the most sweeping changes ever to better protect public health has ushered in a new era. In some cases and some places.
Colorado, a ...
By Sara Loflin, LOGIC
Guest Commentary
The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) just finalized the nation’s strongest rules to protect people and communities living near industrial oil and gas drilling. The rules follow best scientific research and are the result of i...
5,000 drilling permits are pending heading toward Jan. 15 deadline
By Judith Kohler
The Denver Post
With a raft of new oil and gas rules, now comes the tough part for companies and regulators alike. The rules kick in Jan. 15 and the industry and state will have to see which of the roughly 5,000 p...
Oil, gas commission OKs new regulations By Judith Kohler The Denver Post
After delays caused by the pandemic and a nearly full change in members, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission on Monday unanimously approved a broad swath of new rules seen as some of the strictest in the...
Shared from the 10/20/2020 The Denver Post eEdition
By Judith Kohler
The Denver Post
Mark Schell’s family has farmed in Colorado since 1906 and even though he works as a certified public accountant, he hasn’t left that way of life behind.
About a year ago, Schell bought a 310-acre farm in Mead t...
By Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, from The Denver Post eEdition, July 12, 2020
State regulators writing new oil and gas rules have carried on through a global pandemic and massive turmoil in the industry. That might have been the easy part for the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, now ...
