Matt Lepore

After a deadly home explosion in Firestone, Colo. last spring, the state is now updating its oil and gas regulations. At a public meeting on Jan. 8,…

How safe are oil and gas wells? That question is being asked by residents up and down the Front Range after a couple of high-profile incidents in Weld…

Looking out the windows of Matt Lepore’s eighth floor corner office in downtown Denver, you see high-rise office buildings and the Rocky Mountains. What…

A group of Greeley residents are suing state officials over drilling regulations known as “setbacks.” State regulations require oil and gas sites to be…

The Colorado Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on whether local cities in Colorado can either ban hydraulic fracturing or declare a moratorium. The…

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission is debating new rules aimed at easing some of the tensions between local governments and oil and gas…

The goal of Gov. John Hickenlooper's Oil and Gas Task Force was to address the duel concerns that drilling operations are too close to homes and that…

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission is considering two new rules governing how oil and gas operators work in populated areas. The draft rules…

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, the state's regulator, is proposing a new set of rules that would give local governments more say over…

Oil drilling on Colorado's populous Front Range has forced more interactions between communities and the energy industry – and that's caused tension. At…