/tags/hydraulic-fracturing-fracking Hydraulic Fracturing (fracking) en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 18:18:21 GMT /news/2024-11-19/state-regulators-halt-controversial-fracking-plans-near-erie-but-just-for-now A controversial new fracking project near Erie that was halted by state oil and gas regulators isn’t dead yet. Tue, 19 Nov 2024 18:18:21 GMT /news/2024-11-19/state-regulators-halt-controversial-fracking-plans-near-erie-but-just-for-now Rae Solomon /news/2023-05-29/frackers-on-the-front-range-doubled-their-freshwater-use-in-10-years-lawmakers-are-already-on-it Oil and gas operations on the Front Range doubled the amount of freshwater used in fracking over the past 10 years even as oil production declined, according to a new report by the nonprofit advocacy group FracTracker Alliance. Mon, 29 May 2023 12:08:00 GMT /news/2023-05-29/frackers-on-the-front-range-doubled-their-freshwater-use-in-10-years-lawmakers-are-already-on-it Rae Solomon /2019-12-23/district-court-will-hear-public-lands-fracking-lawsuit-in-january After a long hiatus, a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s 2017 decision to rescind regulations on hydraulic fracturing on public lands is... Mon, 23 Dec 2019 23:11:46 GMT /2019-12-23/district-court-will-hear-public-lands-fracking-lawsuit-in-january Nate Hegyi, Nate Hegyi /science/2018-04-19/living-with-uncertainty-is-oil-and-gas-bad-for-your-health Across the county, in areas like north Texas, western Pennsylvania and in the suburbs and towns north of Denver, communities are becoming industrialized,… Thu, 19 Apr 2018 10:30:00 GMT /science/2018-04-19/living-with-uncertainty-is-oil-and-gas-bad-for-your-health Leigh Paterson /environment/2017-04-26/boulder-county-to-take-oil-and-gas-fight-to-the-statehouse With just a few days left in Boulder County’s oil and gas moratorium, county commissioners laid out their plan to gain more local control of the… Wed, 26 Apr 2017 11:00:00 GMT /environment/2017-04-26/boulder-county-to-take-oil-and-gas-fight-to-the-statehouse /business/2017-04-06/oil-and-gas-company-ready-to-take-on-boulder-countys-tough-new-fracking-regulations Boulder County will resume issuing oil and gas drilling permits May 1, 2017, after a series of moratoriums halted the practice in 2012. Denver- based… Thu, 06 Apr 2017 12:00:00 GMT /business/2017-04-06/oil-and-gas-company-ready-to-take-on-boulder-countys-tough-new-fracking-regulations /environment/2017-03-27/boulder-countys-new-fracking-rules-3-things-to-know With its moratorium on new drilling permits set to expire in a few weeks, Boulder County commissioners unanimously passed new oil and gas regulations. The… Mon, 27 Mar 2017 12:05:00 GMT /environment/2017-03-27/boulder-countys-new-fracking-rules-3-things-to-know /politics/2017-02-27/bill-to-make-oil-and-gas-tampering-a-felony-in-colorado-ignites-debate “If you put an entire community in danger, that shouldn’t be a felony?” asked Republican Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg of Sterling during a packed committee… Mon, 27 Feb 2017 07:12:01 GMT /politics/2017-02-27/bill-to-make-oil-and-gas-tampering-a-felony-in-colorado-ignites-debate Bente Birkeland /environment/2017-02-24/why-cities-cant-ban-oil-and-gas-drilling-in-colorado The conflict over oil and gas drilling -- as well as hydraulic fracturing -- has led to multiple protests, votes and court decisions in Colorado. Most… Fri, 24 Feb 2017 12:30:00 GMT /environment/2017-02-24/why-cities-cant-ban-oil-and-gas-drilling-in-colorado /environment/2017-01-26/colo-attorney-general-threatens-lawsuit-over-boulder-county-oil-gas-moratorium Updated at 1:30 p.m. MT on Jan. 27Boulder County could wind up in court over its continued moratorium on oil and gas development.Colorado Attorney General… Thu, 26 Jan 2017 23:47:26 GMT /environment/2017-01-26/colo-attorney-general-threatens-lawsuit-over-boulder-county-oil-gas-moratorium