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Colorado environmental groups file three ballot measures to limit oil and gas industry

The Colorado Sun, Approved, State / March 22, 2024 / Oil & Gas

The truce is off. Let the negotiations begin again.

Leading Colorado environmental groups filed language Thursday for three sweeping ballot measures aimed at limiting the oil and gas industry in the state, openly declaring them a blocking effort to as many as a half-dozen equally sweeping proposals supported by oil interests.

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Study: Colorado ban on oil and gas drilling will take a toll on education, destroy jobs, cut GDP

Approved, Colorado Springs Gazette, State / March 20, 2024 / Legislative Session, Oil & Gas

A bill introduced in the state senate to end oil and gas drilling poses a catastrophic threat to Colorado’s economy, according to researchers from the Common Sense Institute.

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Oil, gas industry to fight stricter environmental bills in Colorado legislature

coloradopolitics.com, Approved, State / February 26, 2024 / Legislative Session, Oil & Gas

Business leaders joined leaders of Colorado’s petroleum and natural gas industries in denouncing a wave of legislation creating higher environmental standards and phasing out drilling.

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Plan to ensure there’s end-of-life cash to plug all Colorado oil wells may fall short, study says

State, Approved, The Colorado Sun / February 20, 2024 / Energy, Oil & Gas

New Colorado rules to insure there is enough cash to plug each oil and gas well in the state at the end of its life may not generate enough money to do the job, according to an analysis by Carbon Tracker.

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Colorado Democrats push for ban on new oil and gas drilling in Colorado

The Colorado Sun, Approved, State / February 13, 2024 / Legislative Session, Oil & Gas

Colorado Democratic senators say they will introduce a bill banning new oil and gas drilling in Colorado by 2030 and demanding companies pay more to seal up old wells, bringing into the Capitol a fight that has previously played out in statewide ballot petitions and fall elections.

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