Hydraulic Fracturing (fracking)

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.

After a long hiatus, a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s 2017 decision to rescind regulations on hydraulic fracturing on public lands is...

Across the county, in areas like north Texas, western Pennsylvania and in the suburbs and towns north of Denver, communities are becoming industrialized,…

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…

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…

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…

“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…

The conflict over oil and gas drilling -- as well as hydraulic fracturing -- has led to multiple protests, votes and court decisions in Colorado. Most…

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…

2016 hasn’t been a good year for people who want to restrict oil and gas development in Colorado. Now the failure to collect enough valid signatures to…