Tag: oil and gas
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Audit finds major gaps in Colorado’s oil and gas reporting, enforcement
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The agencies responsible for regulating Colorado’s oil and gas industry are underperforming when it comes to reporting and enforcement and they also failed to collect payments amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost revenue, according to a state audit. The Office of the State Auditor reviewed 2023 data on oil and gas production…
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After rejection by Colorado Supreme Court, federal judge also tosses oil, gas owners’ taxation challenge
A federal judge last month dismissed a lawsuit from a collection of mineral rights owners in Montezuma County, following the Colorado Supreme Court’s conclusion last year that they lacked standing to challenge roughly $500,000 in taxes owed. The long-running dispute centers on the McElmo Dome Unit in southwestern Colorado. Operator Kinder Morgan extracts the carbon…
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Colorado Supreme Court signals possible intervention in lawsuit over climate change impacts
The Colorado Supreme Court signaled on Monday it may intervene in a lawsuit out of Boulder County seeking to make ExxonMobil liable for damages resulting from climate change, one of many ongoing attempts across the country to hold oil and gas producers accountable for the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions. Boulder County and the city of Boulder…
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Colorado Supreme Court clarifies who owns oil, gas rights beneath streets
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday, citing a need to avoid mass litigation across the state, ruled for the first time that property owners generally retain the mineral rights under roadways adjacent to their land, up to the center line. The decision resolved the question of who is entitled to oil and gas royalties for…
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Group sues US for details about impact of grazing program in Colorado, other states
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BOISE, Idaho — An environmental group says the U.S. government is keeping details secret about a cattle grazing program in six Western states that could be harming habitat and endangered species. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court, Western Watersheds Project says the…
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Group sues US for details about impact of grazing program in Colorado, other states
BOISE, Idaho — An environmental group says the U.S. government is keeping details secret about a cattle grazing program in six Western states that could be harming habitat and endangered species. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court, Western Watersheds Project says the Interior Department is unlawfully withholding information from the public about…
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Colorado ballot initiative could blunt local land-use rules, officials warn
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Local officials and municipal attorneys say they are worried a proposed constitutional amendment backed by the Colorado Farm Bureau and the oil and gas industry will blunt ability of cities, towns and counties to make many land-use decisions. The measure is Initiative 108. Backers are…