Opponents of the plan said they would meet this week to decide what, if any, further action they would take to prevent the ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado likely will need to rewrite its plan to reduce ozone pollution after a federal appeals court this week determined it was illegal for the state to ...

The push follows a decision by the state’s Supreme Court last week that ruled against two towns imposing their own local bans on the drilling practice. Environmentalists say the court decision won’t ...

Freshwater use in oil and gas drilling has come under scrutiny in Colorado as the state faces a historic drought. On Wednesday, March 12, state regulators announced new rules that will require ...

Colorado voters will directly decide the fate of fracking this November after the state legislature failed to agree on a compromise bill. Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) said he would like to see the ...

DENVER (AP) — Colorado Democrats avoided a politically costly fight over oil and gas drilling after a quid pro quo deal pitched by the state’s fracking-friendly governor prompted groups to drop their ...

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The anti-fracking folks are trying a clever new strategy in Colorado. Instead of banning fracking, they just make it impossible. In fact, they make nearly all oil and gas development and production ...

DENVER – Colorado’s loud public battle over fracking goes before the state Supreme Court on Wednesday when the justices hear arguments about whether local governments can ban the technique. Fracking, ...

DENVER -- Environmentalists and the energy industry have fought decisive battles over fracking in New York, Oklahoma and Texas, but the outcome is unclear in Colorado, where the issue faces a possible ...