Understanding the Constitution: the 14th Amendment: Part I
- November 15, 2021
Even small changes to oil and gas regulations can have deep and damaging effects on Colorado’s economy, according to researchers at the University of Colorado: A statewide, 2,000-foot buffer zone between drilling rigs and homes, schools and businesses would take a hammer to Colorado’s oil and gas industry, already reeling from low commodity prices, as
READ MOREYesterday, Governor John Hickenlooper says chances for a statewide ballot measure on fracking in 2016 are pretty low, but anti-energy fractivists aren’t so sure about Hickenlooper’s prognostication: Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday said he does not believe there is momentum to push a state ballot initiative that would crackdown on the oil and gas industry.
READ MOREGov. John Hickenlooper intends to capitulate to the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Clean Power Plan,” rejecting a suggestion by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to avoid implementing the new federal rules: Gov. John Hickenlooper rejected Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s call for states to defy new federal pollution controls on coal-burning power plants, saying Colorado has a
READ MOREEnergy In Depth‘s Simon Lomax pokes holes in the American Lung Association’s report on ozone–and the Denver Post‘s reporting on it–with input from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment: Citing its own April 29 “report card” on the region’s air quality, the ALA told the Denver Post that levels of ground-level ozone –
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