Yesterday 40 environmental advocacy groups delivered a joint letter opposing the construction of an oil pipeline from Suncor, a Canadian energy company that operates the Commerce City Refinery. The refinery is the only oil refinery in Colorado.
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CO Enviro Groups Petition State to Protect the Air on High-Pollution Days
Six Colorado environmental advocacy groups, who say they represent over 100,000 Coloradans impacted by climate change and air pollution, petitioned the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) — the state’s oil and gas regulatory agency — last week to create formal rules protecting the public from the cumulative impacts of oil and gas production.
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5 Ways Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act Impacts Oil and Gas in Colorado
Yesterday, President Joe Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), a wide-ranging bill that, among other things, aims to cut 40% of U.S. CO2 emissions from 2005 levels by 2030.
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Colorado Democrats, Environmental Groups Cheer Senate Passage of ‘Historic’ Climate Bill
The Senate’s weekend passage of a $369 billion package of spending to fight climate change is drawing cheers from environmental advocates and calls for the bill’s swift adoption in the House of Representatives.
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Enviro Groups Ask Colorado to Deny Proposed Suncor Air Quality Permit
Earlier this month, a coalition of environmental advocacy groups asked Colorado’s air quality regulatory agencies to deny a proposed air pollution permit submitted by Suncor Energy for its petroleum refinery located in Commerce City, north of Denver. The groups argued that the permit does not adequately ensure a decrease in pollution from the embattled refinery.
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How Oil Companies Endlessly Avoid Cleanup Costs
In Colorado, a sale of 110 low-producing oil wells illustrates a hot potato effect, and how funding remediation eventually comes from the public.
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San Luis Valley Local Food Coalition Awarded $200,000 EPA Grant For Food Waste Project
Last week the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $200,000 to San Luis Valley Local Food Coalition to develop a program that converts food waste into fuel.
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Oil and Gas Companies Benefit From Tax Breaks in CO
Over the past three years Colorado has strengthened its regulations on oil and gas companies operating in the state, prompting claims from oil and gas industry executives that these environmental policies are strangling their ability to drill.
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Fact Check: Politicized Gas Price Complaints From GOP Ignore Global Warming
Earlier this week the average cost for a gallon of gas surpassed $5 for the first time in the U.S. and statements from oil and gas industry spokespeople and Republican politicians blamed environmental regulations for the spike in prices.