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Letter to the Editor: Regarding oil, gas spills in Colorado

Dear Editor: The recent article in the Rio Blanco Herald Times about oil and gas spills in Colorado provides limited data from the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and does not provide an accurate context around how much is actually spilled.

February 6, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

There were 712 oil and gas spills throughout Colorado during 2014

DENVER I Spills from oil and gas operations in Colorado reached 712 last year, according to the 2014 Toxic Release Tracker issued Thursday by the Center for Western Priorities (CWP). The new data reveal that oil and gas companies were responsible for two spills every day in the state, together[Read More…]

February 3, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

BLM nixes 17 of 19 leases on Roan Plateau

DENVER I As part of a landmark settlement agreement announced in November, the Bureau of Land Management last week canceled 17 of the 19 leases on top of the Roan Plateau near Rifle.

January 31, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

State’s oil and gas commission stiffens penalties for violations

RBC I The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has approved rule and policy changes that significantly increase penalties for operators violating commission regulations.

January 12, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Letter to the Editor: Area power plants endangered

Dear Editor: Are you ready to live in a ghost town? It’s going to happen if the government and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) get their way.

November 10, 2013 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

County

Severance tax dollars an issue

RBC I Rio Blanco County Commissioner Jeff Eskelson raised the issue of unequal distribution of state severance tax funds with U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton on Friday, during Tipton’s visit to the Upper Colorado Environmental Plant Center. Tipton also visited with the commissioners regarding regional policy issues.

April 5, 2013 by Sean McMahon Comments are Disabled

Setback exceptions are the rule

RBC I After weeks of testimony and discussion, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) gave preliminary approval on Jan. 9 to a broad set of new rules on oil and gas drilling that will do little to ease the concerns of hundreds of thousands of families living near[Read More…]

January 29, 2013 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Rangely

Network…

Brad McCloud of Environmentally Conscious Consumers for Oil Shale (ECCOS) spoke at January’s Community Networking meeting in Rangely. McCloud discussed the world economy’s dependence on oil and the viability of oil shale as a resource in coming decades.

January 27, 2013 by Heather Zadra Comments are Disabled

RBC commissioners attend oil, gas banquet

RBC I Rio Blanco County commissioners Shawn Bolton, Ken Parsons and Kai Turner attended the seventh annual Energy Forum and Expo and West Slope Colorado Oil and Gas Association’s (WSCOGA) annual banquet last Friday at the Two Rivers Convention Center in Grand Junction.

March 3, 2012 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Proposed water facility in Piceance

meeker I The Bureau of Land Management seeks public comment on a proposal from BOPCO, L.P., to construct a facility 20 miles west of Meeker, Colo., to treat produced water from oil and gas development on the Piceance Basin and discharge it into Yellow Creek.

February 27, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Lunch-n-learn Feb. 16

RBC I Rio Blanco County administrator Kimberly Bullen said the county has teamed up with WPXEnergy to host the first Lunch-n-Learn on Feb. 16, in the commissioners’ meeting room, starting at noon.

February 15, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled