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Nov 16, 2023 | 
conservationco.org | Sean Price
Over 1,700 Coloradans sign petition Urging Colorado River Drought Task Force to Act on Drought CrisisDENVER — Conservation Colorado announced today that 1,774 Coloradans signed a petition urging the Colorado River Drought Task Force to take action addressing drought. Coloradans are clear in what they want from the Task Force: identify strong legislative recommendations to address the threats of drought impacting Coloradans and the natural environment.
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Aug 9, 2023 | 
coloradotimesrecorder.com | Sean Price
July was the hottest month in Earth’s history, largely due to human-caused global warming. Coloradans dealt with unhealthy air quality all month long as the state issued 14 ozone alert days during July. The Front Range regularly has some of the worst air quality in the country during the summer months because of the high density of vehicles, high temperatures, and oil and gas activity in the surrounding area.
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Jul 12, 2023 | 
coloradotimesrecorder.com | Sean Price
On Monday, Colorado air quality regulators released the latest draft of rules intended to hold polluters across the state accountable for releasing harmful toxins into the air. Environmental activists worry that communities facing the greatest threat — where many high-polluting facilities exist — might be unduly harmed by allowances in the rules for companies to shift greenhouse gas emission reductions to other facilities they own.
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Jun 29, 2023 | 
coloradotimesrecorder.com | Sean Price
Earlier this month, Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) signed a bill into law that’s intended to decrease ozone pollution stemming from oil and gas production in Colorado and establish an interim legislative committee to investigate solutions to the poor air quality affecting parts of Colorado.
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Jun 6, 2023 | 
coloradotimesrecorder.com | Sean Price
It’s been over a year since Colorado passed rules intended to hold oil & gas operators accountable for plugging their wells once they’re finished with them. The rules, called financial assurance rules, were designed so operators would be required to pay a bond upfront that partly covered the cost eventually plugging the well. This would help prevent more orphaned wells from becoming the responsibility of the state.
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May 19, 2023 | 
coloradotimesrecorder.com | Sean Price
A report released last week revealed that the Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA), Colorado’s pension fund for state workers, voted against 61% of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) resolutions proposed by companies it was invested in during the 2022 proxy season. Proxy season, which takes place from April to June every year, is when publically traded companies hold annual shareholder meetings where shareholders like PERA can vote on company resolutions.
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May 2, 2023 | 
coloradotimesrecorder.com | Sean Price
In 2021, Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) outlined a roadmap to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Colorado 50% by 2030 and achieve 100% renewable energy in the state by 2040. As these deadlines approach, nuclear energy, carbon capture technology, and hydrogen are being proposed by some as ways to offset carbon emissions from fossil fuel production, theoretically making the deadlines easier for the state to hit.
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Apr 12, 2023 | 
coloradotimesrecorder.com | Sean Price
Environmental groups and Colorado residents gathered outside the state capitol Wednesday to demonstrate the burden of skyrocketing energy bills and ask state lawmakers to take action. At the rally, two lawmakers promised action is coming in the form of a proposed bill aiming to address the rally attendees’ concerns. In December, energy bills spiked in Colorado due to record-cold temperatures, high natural gas costs, and fees added to bills from Xcel Energy, Colorado’s primary electric utility.
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Mar 14, 2023 | 
coloradotimesrecorder.com | Sean Price
Last month, environmental activist and certified gas imaging thermographer Andrew Klooster released a report on his work in 2022 filming hydrocarbon emissions at oil and gas facilities. More than 95% of the potential issues of improper emissions reported to state air quality regulators led not to an onsite investigation by the state but only to an inspection by the owners of these facilities. Read the report here.
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Mar 1, 2023 | 
coloradotimesrecorder.com | Sean Price
Environmental activists are closely watching a rulemaking process by Colorado’s Air Pollution Control Division (APCD) that could change how greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas production are measured. This process, known as the greenhouse gas intensity verification rule development, is part of the larger-scale plan proposed by Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 50% by 2030 and 90% by 2050.
