GREAT NEWS! Extraction Oil and Gas has paused its attempts to force pool the mineral rights under Boulder County Open Space in the “Blue Paintbrush” fracking project. The application was withdrawn on May 1st, ahead of a highly anticipated May 31st COGCC hearing that had been repeatedly rescheduled. Read the article here and here. It
On 4/4/23, the Fort Collins City Council passed a new set of oil and gas regulations designed to be stronger than the state’s oil and gas laws. These regulations to the city’s land use code will (in effect) ban new oil facilities from being built in city limits. READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE The approved changes
At their 4/11/23 meeting today, the Arapahoe County Commissioners voted 3 to 2 against an oil and gas moratorium that would have paused any new drilling permit submittals and allowed the County time to develop amendments to further protect public health, safety, air, and water quality. ARTICLE: Arapahoe County Votes Down Moratorium on Lowry oil and
GREAT NEWS! We have just learned that Troy McWhinney has withdrawn the drilling permit for one of the two fracking pads that is threatening Loveland’s Centerra community. It appears that the development company plans to put retail, mixed use and residential buildings there instead of drilling rigs. The fact that McWhinney’s oil and gas extraction plans
Titled – Update from the front lines in Aurora – Report from the Community Forum held on 1/28/23: Thank you for joining Save the Aurora Reservoir (STAR), Colorado Rising, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and the Colorado Sierra Club at the Lowry Ranch Drilling Plan Community Forum on 1/28/23! Here are some Community Forum Resources: Here
A new scientific study by Lisa McKenzie and colleagues shows that people living closer to fracking operations report statistically higher numbers of health problems than those living further away. Specifically, residents of Broomfield Colorado who lived 1 mile away from a fracking site reported more upper respiratory, lower respiratory, gastrointestinal and acute symptoms (nosebleeds, nausea,
Titled – Let’s Protect Loveland From Fracking Please urge our city councilors and Mayor Marsh to deny any future fracking permits being set forth by Troy McWhinney, et al. As residents of this city, we need to hold City Councilmembers Foley, Overcash, Fogle, McFall, Mallo and Olson accountable for their votes in support of fracking
HELP PREVENT 156 NEW FRACKING WELLS IN AURORA 156 new wells approved NEAR HOMES AND THE SHORELINE OF Aurora Reservoir Some Background: The oil and gas fracking project in unincorporated Arapahoe county, known as the Lowry Ranch Comprehensive Area Plan (CAP) has been approved and is moving forward. As amended, this plan proposes up to
FRACKING (not!) IMMINENT UNDER BOULDER COUNTY OPEN SPACE Plans to drill 32 new wells UNDER BOULDER COUNTY’s OPEN SPACE CANCELED SOME BACKGROUND: In 2019, Extraction Oil and Gas Company obtained permits to drill 32 new fracking wells on land just southeast of Longmont. This is land for which Boulder County owns a conservation easement. The
Broomfield attempted to prevent the Cosslett East fracking project by using the new rules that give local governments standing to participate in oil and gas decisions. This 19-well mega-pad will be in unincorporated Weld County, near suburban Erie and Broomfield neighborhoods. Broomfield presented evidence of poor air quality data and cited multiple studies showing increased