After twelve hours of public testimony ended at 1:45 am and five amendments were then added to SB 19-181, the Senate Transportation & Energy Committee voted 4-3 to move the comprehensive oil and gas bill to the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday morning. The vote was: Yes- Sen. Kerry Donovan (D), Sen. Mike Foote (D), Sen. Brittany Petersen…
Just as Wildgrass Oil and Gas Committee (WOGc) is set to go forward with its protest of the Lowell South Spacing Unit for the Livingston Pad on March 12, Extraction has queued up the forced pooling order applications for the United South and Huron South Spacing Units on the April 29 & 30 COGCC docket. The protest filing deadline…
Have you thought about joining others to express your concerns about the forced pooling of mineral owners for the Extraction Livingston Pad sited in Broomfield, just prior to an unprecedented hearing at the State Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC)? It will be a first because Wildgrass Oil and Gas Committee (WOGc) was granted expanded discovery to consider…
Hosted by League of Oil and Gas Impacted Coloradans (LOGIC), Colorado Sierra Club, Senator Mike Foote, Senator Steve Fenberg Tuesday, March 5 at 11 AM – 4 PM 200 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80203-1701, United States 💙Wear blue and white for Health and Safety First! 💙 Business or Business Casual if you can From LOGIC: “We’ll be…
The comprehensive oil and gas bill was officially introduced in the Senate on Friday, March 1. This followed a press conference previewing the bill on Thursday, February 28 which included Governor Polis, State legislators and impacted residents. SB19-181 is titled “Protect Public Welfare Oil And Gas Operations:Concerning additional public welfare protections regarding the conduct of oil and gas operations.”…
LOGIC Action’s 30 second video promoting “common sense reform that puts our health and safety first” features Adams County resident Abbey. The new associated website sponsored by LOGIC Action, Conservation Colorado and the Sierra Club is https://www.healthandsafetyfirst.com/ The website has a simple tool to write your legislators. This video was posted yesterday coinciding with the introduction of SB 19-181…
By Cristen Logan, The Colorado Independent 3/1/19 “Broomfield resident are still trying. We now have three active lawsuits challenging this project; one in local court, one in state court, and one in federal court. We are fighting for our constitutional rights to be upheld, and we are fighting for the ability to protect ourselves from harm. And still, this…
Senate Majority Leader Steve Fenberg and House Speaker KC Becker led an afternoon press conference at the Capitol to preview a comprehensive bill that will make broad changes to put health and safety first in Colorado oil and gas policy. The bill will be introduced Friday and will likely be heard in a Senate Committee on Tuesday. (We will…
During Public Comments at the February 26 City Council Meeting, Barb Binder showed the picture below of Nordstrom Open Space which is just north of her house in unincorporated Adams County. She pointed to the foreground sign stating “Sensitive Wildlife Area” in contrast to the bulldozers creating an Extraction pad access road in the background. Ms. Binder stated that…
According to Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) Docket Item 190300337 posted on February 15 for the March 11 & 12 hearings, the Extraction Broomfield COGCC permits will be reviewed by the COGCC. This follows an order by Judge R. Brooke Jackson in the case of Wildgrass Oil and Gas Committee (WOGc) v. COGCC where WOGc is challenging…
