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Posted inBusiness

Troubled oil and gas company K.P. Kauffman threatened with loss of right to do business in Colorado

by Mark Jaffe 4:26 AM MST on Feb 2, 20239:01 AM MST on Feb 2, 2023

State’s regulators reinstated a large fine set aside when KPK promised to clean up leaks and spills because just a tiny fraction of the work is done

Posted inBusiness

K.P. Kauffman asks for more time to clean up troubled oil and gas wells. Colorado regulators are out of patience.

by Mark Jaffe 3:46 AM MST on Jan 23, 20232:41 PM MST on Jan 23, 2023

KPK says it will be in better financial condition if it sells northeastern Colorado wells to a company proposing to use them for a carbon capture project.

Posted inBusiness

Working group will begin exploring rules for controlling the cumulative impacts of oil and gas drilling in Colorado

by Mark Jaffe 3:30 AM MST on Dec 12, 20226:54 AM MST on Dec 12, 2022

Regulators reacted to the appeal of 6 environmental groups that say data for individual drilling projects isn’t helping solve Colorado’s regional pollution problems

Posted inBusiness

Colorado requires drillers assess “cumulative impacts”of oil and gas wells. Does it make a difference?

by Mark Jaffe 3:13 AM MST on Dec 9, 20223:11 PM MST on Dec 12, 2022

6 environmental groups want regulators to toughen rules to consider regional and climate impacts of increased drilling activity in Colorado.

Posted inEnvironment

Colorado groups gain air pollution monitors through EPA grants

by Michael Booth 3:40 AM MST on Nov 15, 20229:46 AM MST on Nov 11, 2022

Activists say the money fills a gaps on toxic releases left open by state inaction

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Posted inBusiness

Oil, gas, coal mining on federal land in Colorado generates $393M in revenue, most in 14 years

by Mark Jaffe 3:23 AM MST on Nov 15, 202210:07 AM MST on Nov 16, 2022

Increasing royalties for the first time since the 1920s is credited for some of the extra revenue due to Colorado governments this fiscal year

Posted inBusiness

Oil and gas drilling plan OK’d for 55 square miles in Aurora, including area where 12,500 homes are planned

by Mark Jaffe 4:34 AM MDT on Nov 3, 20228:00 AM MDT on Nov 3, 2022

State regulators confirmed Crestone Peak’s Box Elder drilling plan for 55 square miles of land the energy company has been working on since 2020, saying Colorado’s new permitting process is “workable, protective”

Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: 151 new oil and gas wells is just what Aurora doesn’t need

by Kathleen Ulrich 1:30 AM MDT on Oct 28, 20225:43 PM MDT on Oct 27, 2022

The Oil and Gas Conservation Commission should reject Crestone’s permit application.

Posted inEnvironment

Colorado oil and gas regulators approve new wells in Weld County over Broomfield’s objections

by Mark Jaffe 2:45 PM MDT on Oct 26, 202210:35 AM MDT on Oct 27, 2022

The city and county’s protest was the first under a new rule allowing communities near a project site to intervene in oil and gas proceedings

Posted inPolitics and Government

Biden makes Camp Hale a national monument, moves to block mining and drilling on 225,000 acres of Colorado’s Thompson Divide

by David Krause and Jesse Paul 7:14 AM MDT on Oct 12, 20226:22 PM MDT on Oct 12, 2022

Biden traveled to Camp Hale and was joined by veterans of the 10th Mountain Division as well as members of the Ute Tribe during the proclamation signing

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