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Colorado panel passes tighter air pollution rules for oil and gas operations
Colorado state regulators have approved a new set of rules on air quality aimed at curbing pollution and methane leaks from the state's booming oil and gas industry. The rules were passed by the state...
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Local officials seek more control over Colorado oil and gas operations
Fifty-two local elected officials from across Colorado have sent a letter to Gov. John Hickenlooper and state legislators asking for more local control over oil and gas development. “Local elected...
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New Colorado air quality rules not expected to please everyone
Gov. John Hickenlooper knows that Colorado's new air quality rules for oil and gas operations, lauded as the strictest in the nation, won't please everyone. The state Air Quality Control Commission...
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What they're saying about Colorado's new air quality rules
Colorado's new air quality regulations for oil and gas operations are the strictest in the nation, says Fred Krupp, the president of the Environmental Defense Fund, which participated in meetings that...
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CDOT finalizes controversial U.S. 36 public-private contract
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has closed on its first public-private partnership contract, a 50-year contract with a consortium of companies called Plenary Roads Denver which will...
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What's the 'true' value of solar power? Stay tuned
Supporters of solar power and representatives of Xcel Energy Inc. say they are looking forward to state regulators taking a hard look at the "true" value of rooftop solar power systems, the kind that...
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Colorado biofuel company breaks ground on 1st Louisiana refinery
Cool Planet Energy Systems Inc., a biofuel company, broke ground on the company's first commercial facility — dubbed Project Genesis — in Alexandria, La. The Denver-based company, which is backed by...
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Colorado drivers like E-470, traffic up for 4th year in a row
E-470 has notched its fourth straight year of more traffic on the 47-mile toll road that arcs along the eastern side of Denver, according to figures released by the E-470 Public Highway Authority....
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Colorado ranks high for LEED buildings
It’s not easy being green, as any talking frog named Kermit or building designer can tell you. So it’s a point of pride that Colorado once again can count itself among the top states in the nation for...
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Behind the List: Western Slope evolves from natural gas boom
Colorado’s Western Slope was once the king of the oil and gas industry in Colorado, but in recent years it’s fallen behind the oil-rich Niobrara fields in eastern Colorado. The Western Slope’s Piceance...
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CH2M Hill buys Canadian firm focused on energy and environment
CH2M Hill Cos. Ltd., a global design and engineering firm, has purchased TERA Environmental Consultants, a Canadian environmental consulting firm that has worked with pipeline and powerline clients and...
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Colorado's tough new air rules for oil and gas: Inside story of how industry,...
The leaders of three of Colorado's biggest energy companies were initially skeptical about forming a small working group that included state regulators and a national environmental advocacy group to...
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Fracking, regulation and the future of oil and gas: The view from the Vail...
How important is energy and the environment to the general public? How does fracking boost natural gas production? And what’s next for Colorado’s booming oil and gas industry in terms of state...
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Anadarko to drill hundreds of Colorado oil and gas wells in 2014
Anadarko Petroleum Corp., one of the biggest oil and gas companies working in Colorado's Denver-Julesburg Basin, says it plans to drill more than 360 wells there in 2014. The company drilled 335 wells...
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Xcel Energy contracts for biggest solar power farm east of the Rockies
Xcel Energy Inc. has chosen Community Energy Solar LLC to build a $200 million, 120-megawatt solar power farm southeast of Pueblo to supply electricity to Xcel’s customers. The solar power plant, which...
View ArticleNew agreement could move massive Denver Water project forward
Three major stakeholders involved in a project to enlarge Gross Reservoir in Boulder County, as part of Denver Water’s proposed $250 million Moffat Collection System Project, have reached an agreement...
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New Colorado business group aims to counter anti-fracking movement
A new coalition of 43 business and civic groups along with dozens of businesses and individuals from across Colorado has been formed to advocate for the state's oil and gas industry. The group is...
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New Colorado pro-fracking group responds to questions about CSU-Global Campus...
Questions raised about a Colorado State University-Global Campus official's role on the board of a new pro-fracking group led the group's chairman to spell out that board members are serving as...
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Southwestern Energy buying Shell, Quicksilver assets in NW Colorado for $180M
Southwestern Energy Co. is buying big into northwest Colorado's Niobrara play. It's looking to pump crude oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas from assets jointly owned by Texas company Quicksilver...
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George Shultz: We have lots of energy, but risks remain
The United States these days is “in the catbird’s seat” in terms of energy supply, given what it produces and gets from its neighbors Canada and Mexico, but the nation still has energy security needs...
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