Tag: Fracking
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Public comment hearing planned for next Lowry Ranch fracking plan well pad
The Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission is holding an online public comment hearing in early April for a well pad in the Lowry Ranch fracking plan. Members of the public are invited to share comments on the State Blanca West Oil and Gas Development Plan, which is available to review on the ECMC permitting…
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Arapahoe County conditionally approves Lowry Ranch fracking application
Arapahoe County conditionally approved another oil pad in the Lowry Ranch fracking plan that will go on State Land Board property near the Blackstone neighborhood in Aurora. The Secret Stash facility, from GMT Exploration Company LLC, was approved by the county’s Public Works and Development Department, the county announced in a news release Tuesday. It…
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Commissioners urged to reject well pad for fracking near Aurora Reservoir
More than 400 people who filled a venue overlooking the plains of Arapahoe County on Thursday urged the Energy and Carbon Management Commission to reject a well pad for the Lowry Ranch fracking plan. The ECMC voted in August 2024 to green light the fracking plan, which includes 32,000 acres of proposed subsurface mineral development…
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Well pad application in Lowry Ranch fracking plan open to public comment
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The next well pad in the Lowry Ranch fracking plan is open to public comment through late August, Arapahoe County officials announced Wednesday. Until 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 25, the public can submit comments via this web form on the State Wetterhorn-Handies oil and gas facility.…
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Trump’s pick for energy secretary, Colorado’s Chris Wright, says the real crisis is ‘energy poverty’
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President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Energy, Colorado’s Chris Wright, views the world divided between the haves and have-nots — with a specific eye toward access to energy, arguing that, instead of a “climate” agenda, America should focus on ensuring a wide array of cheap, abundant and sustainable energy sources that include geothermal, nuclear, oil…
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Regulators postpone closing statements, decision in oil drilling proposal near Aurora Reservoir
After two full days of hearings, the Energy and Carbon Management Commission on Friday delayed closing arguments and a decision on the Lowry Ranch CAP until next week. The hearing, on whether to move forward with an oil and gas comprehensive area plan near the Aurora Reservoir, began Tuesday morning and lasted about nine hours,…
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Fight over fracking near Aurora Reservoir erupts
Shortly after moving into her new home near the Aurora Reservoir, Marsha Goldsmith Kamin took a walk with her husband around the neighborhood and saw a sign that said, “Save the Aurora Reservoir.” “I looked at my husband and I looked out at the reservoir and I said, ‘What’s the matter with it? What are…
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Environmental groups petition EPA to reconsider Colorado’s ozone management plan
Environmental organizations 350 Colorado and the Center for Biological Diversity filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of Colorado’s plan to reduce ozone pollution along the northern Front Range. In a news release, the organizations claim the Colorado plan doesn’t go far enough because “Colorado’s plan did not adequately rein in pollution…
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Climate activists propose Colorado ballot initiative to ban oil and gas drilling by 2030
A coalition of environmental groups and activists is proposing a Colorado ballot issue to ban all permitting of oil and gas wells after 2030. In a press release, the coalition announced that it has submitted language to the Colorado Legislative Council to place a ballot measure on the 2024 statewide ballot “to rein in fracking…
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Fears of contamination to Aurora Reservoir voiced by area residents
A plan to drill oil and gas wells on state-owned land east of the Aurora Reservoir in Arapahoe County raised the ire of residents to the west. Angry subdivision residents southwest of the reservoir are trying to stop Civitas Resources from drilling up to 191 horizontal well bores from 16 drilling pads on more than…