Colorado
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Residents in Broomfield, Colorado, now can submit concerns about medical issues that could be related to living near an oil and gas facility. The city had a form for filing complaints about oil and gas in Broomfield and has added a new box specifically for medical concerns.
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Colorado officials declared they will toughen their oversight of oil and gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing sites following the release of a multiyear scientific study that found industry operations may expose residents to unhealthy levels of benzene and other chemicals.
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Colorado has released a long-awaited 380-page report on the health effects of oil and gas operations in the state. The science is complicated, though, as are the unfolding responses from state regulators and oil and gas companies.
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Mobile plume tracking, led by Colorado State University air pollution experts, is a key technology in the city of Broomfield’s ongoing Air Quality Testing Program. And it’s just one aspect of a 3-year, $1.7 million contract awarded by Broomfield last year.
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Commissioners adopt 1,000-ft residential setback rules, double the state’s mandate, as part of a package of measures passed after 5 hours of public comment.
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Colorado regulators are moving to rein in Weld County in the era of Senate Bill 181, the law that gives more power to local governments to manage energy extraction. At issue is whether cities, counties, and towns can enact rules for drilling that are less restrictive than those at the state level.
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Right at the start of what will be at least a year-long endeavor, the state agency tasked with implementing a comprehensive new oil and gas law has hit the pause button to sort out conflicting messages from the public.
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Some environmentalists and community activists have demanded the commission stop issuing permits until the new rules are complete.
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New environmental regulations in Colorado have chilled investment in the state’s oil and gas fields as companies grapple with how local officials will respond to a law giving them more power to restrict energy production.
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Opponents of Colorado’s New Oil and Gas Regulation Law Won’t Try To Repeal It—at Least Not This YearOpponents had planned to ask voters in November 2019 to repeal and replace the law, but the Colorado secretary of state's office has rejected four versions of their proposed ballot initiative.