Two Colorado legislators announced they are introducing a ballot initiative aimed at punishing cities and towns that vote to ban fracking within their borders. Rep. Frank McNulty of Highlands Ranch…
A new pro-fracking business coalition called “Vital for Colorado” (VfC) has sprung up to fight the growing grassroots anti-fracking movement in Colorado. VfC’s board chairman and registered agent is Peter…
A Colorado District Court judge ruled last week that a five year ban on hydraulic fracturing that citizens of Broomfield approved on the city’s November, 2013 local ballot is valid…
Colorado has become the first U.S. state to pass rules regulating methane air pollution from drilling and fracking operations. The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) voted 8-1 on Sunday,…
Many Coloradans who have battled city-by-city to regulate fracking near their residential areas may get some relief under a proposed constitutional amendment that would give cities and towns the right…
Think only Canadians need to worry about tar sands extraction? Think again. In October, U.S. Oil Sands, Inc. joined Kentucky-based Arrakis Oil Recovery as the second company to receive a…
Citizens in cities on Colorado’s front range are pushing back against the fracking boom by passing ballot measures to either prohibit the practice or ban it temporarily. The town of…
A bill requiring disclosure of a possible split estate condition upon the sale of residential property passed the Colorado Senate on January 24, 2014 in a unanimous vote. The consumer…
A newly-published study specific to Colorado (pdf) links the rate of congenital heart defects in babies to how close they live to natural gas wells. The study, published January 28,…
The third in a series about Dick Armey and his relationship to the tobacco industry throughout his career. See part one and part two. In his last job as head…
The second in a three-part series about Dick Armey and his relationship to the tobacco industry throughout his career. See part one here. There is no doubt that Dick Armey…
This is the first of a thre-part series on Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R) and his relationship to Big Tobacco throughout his career. Dick Armey, who recently resigned…
