Larimer COUNTY: A Community Fights Neighborhood Fracking CURRENT STATUS OF fracking IN LOVELAND: HOW WE GOT HERE: 2019: Initial applications to drill 29 wells in the Centerra area were submitted but withdrawn during the pandemic’s O&G downturn and because of stricter oil & gas laws passed in 2020. 2022: City of Loveland received an application
BROOMFIELD COMMUNITY UNDER SIEGE FROM OIL AND GAS NEW FRACKING WELLS ENDANGER BROOMFIELD DESPITE STRONG CITIZEN OPPOSITION HOW WE GOT HERE: 2013: in anticipation of large scale fracking projects being approved by state regulators, Broomfield voters passed a five-year moratorium on fracking. 2016: the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that local communities could not ban oil and gas development, because
We invite you to attend an Air Quality Monitoring Kickoff Event focussed on families impacted by oil and gas in the Aurora area. Our friends at Black Parents United Foundation have organized this town hall to gather the community together for learning, organizing, and taking action. Absolutely everyone is welcome, the event itself is free and there
Nearly 500 community members flooded the ECMC hearing about the Sunlight Long fracking project on Sept 11. The capacity crowd even occupied the lawns outside the venue. All the comments strongly urged ECMC commissioners to reject the 32 new wells proposed for this urban site. Opposition is led by our friends at STAR (Save the
On Saturday 9/6/25, an abandoned oil and gas well in Weld County started spewing water and hydrocarbons. Front Range Fire and Rescue sent multiple emergency vehicles, and closed several nearby roads. No one was injured and no evacuations were ordered, despite the potential toxic substances that were being released. The location of the well is
Researchers at Colorado State University in Fort Collins have shown that their testing measured much higher levels of toxins from the Galeton well blowout than state regulators had reported to the community. The accident in Weld County that sprayed a huge plume of oil, gas, chemicals and water for 4 days was the subject of
LARGEST OIL AND GAS EXPLOSION IN COLORADO SINCE 2015 MAY TAKE 5 YEARS TO CLEAN UP The April 6th oil well blowout injured one worker and prompted the evacuation of nearby residents and the closure of Galeton Elementary School in Weld County Colorado. The explosion spewed water, toxic chemicals and crude oil uncontrollably for nearly
After ECMC required Civitas to look for an alternate site for the Draco project, Civitas stated that their original location was the best it could find. Disappointingly, instead of rejecting the project, ECMC approved the original site location and drilling is set to proceed – despite years of impassioned opposition from the community. Town of
Firsthand accounts from Erie Homeowners Read poignant stories from homeowners threatened by fracking in their neighborhoods. The 26 well Draco fracking project would require some of the longest horizontal wellbores in Colorado – all because of the permisive fracking regulations in Weld County vs Boulder County. Meanwhile dozens of old vertical wells pepper this same
Larimer County, Fort Collins and the state oil and gas regulators have come to an agreement to finally end years of flagrant violations and illegal activity by Prospect Energy oil and gas company. Prospect has repeatedly violated state laws, caused oil and gas spills, leaked toxic chemicals into the air, and flared and burned excess