Oil and Gas

State lawmakers and environmentalists disagree with a proposed draft for new rules to manage the cumulative impacts of oil and gas drilling proposed by Colorado regulators. Colorado Sun Reporter Michael Booth said commission members are planning to hear more about these concerns at a public hearing.

The step-by-step roadmap for a second Trump administration could have detrimental effects on public lands, according to conservationists. But mining advocates say it’s necessary to reverse Biden-era policies.

Front Range gas prices are lower than a year ago despite requirement for “reformulated gas” that reduces ozone-causing emissions.

New analysis on the top eight U.S. and European oil and gas producers documents how their climate pledges and plans fail to align with international agreements to phase out fossil fuels and to limit global temperature rise to 1.5ºC.

State air regulators will be taking a closer look this year at methane emissions from Colorado's oil and gas industry. Methane intensity is being measured in nine counties on the Front Range, including Weld, Boulder, and Larimer. Officials say the measurements will help the state meet its greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. The Colorado Sun Editor Lance Benzel joined KUNC's Michael Lyle, Jr. to get more on the state's efforts.

The Colorado Air Pollution Control Division has missed its EPA deadline to rewrite permits for a Weld County oil and gas complex. A non-profit environmental group is threatening to sue the agency as a result. It contends the EPA and state regulators have failed to act quickly on the issue. The Colorado Sun editor David Krause joined KUNC's Michael Lyle, Jr. to get more on this story.

This spring, the federal government is expected to finalize a rule that would require oil and gas companies to pay more to drill on public lands across the Western U.S.

Methane is a strong climate-warming pollutant. And a new study shows oil and gas operations in the Mountain West and beyond are leaking a lot more of it than the government thinks.

The northern Front Range has suffered from high rates of air pollution for decades. Three bills announced Thursday by Democratic state lawmakers would take steps to reverse that trend.

The decision Wednesday about the Ashley National Forest follows a U.S. appeals court ruling in August that struck down a critical approval involving the Uinta Basin Railway. The proposed 88-mile railroad line would connect oil and gas producers in rural Utah to the broader rail network and larger markets.