
Oil And Gas Firm Encana Announces Layoffs
A spokesman for Encana Corp. declined to give a specific number of jobs lost across Colorado.

By Grace Hood

EPA Sued Over CDOT’s Proposed 1-70 Widening
The suit from the Sierra Club and north Denver neighborhood organizations alleges that the I-70 overhaul has the potential to worsen air quality.

By Grace Hood

Anadarko Petroleum Makes Big Cuts, Including Jobs
In the Denver-Julesburg Basin, “the company expects to operate one rig, compared to seven in 2015,” it says.

By Grace Hood

Greeley Fight Over Drilling Could Spill To November’s Ballots
A contentious oil and gas development in Greeley brought out hundreds of people to a six hour city meeting. New statewide ballot measures could follow.

By Grace Hood

Huge Crowds Watch As Greeley OKs Drilling Project In City Limits
The project was approved against the wishes of most of the 40 people who spoke during public comment Tuesday night.

By Grace Hood

Greeley City Council Takes Up Contentious Proposal To Drill 22 Wells
Extraction Oil and Gas is appeallig its rejected proposal to drill 22 wells in west Greeley to the Greeley city council Tuesday.

By Grace Hood

As Cities Develop, Park Service Seeks To Keep Night Skies Dark
Park service rangers and interpreters made their way to Fort Collins to learn how to keep the night sky clearer.

By Grace Hood

Clean Energy Loan Program Expected To Expand, Says State
The Property Assessed Clean Energy program connects companies seeking to add solar panels or energy efficiency in buildings with financing.

By Grace Hood

Hickenlooper Approves Superfund Application For Gold King Mine
Hickenlooper’s letter also says he’s concerned about the problem getting worse before it gets better.

By Grace Hood

BNSF Railway Accepts $600,000 Fine For Alleged Environmental Violations
The EPA found that the company was unable to deploy needed equipment into a nearby river in order to adequately respond to the hypothetical spill.

By Grace Hood

After Years Of Opposition, Silverton OKs Superfund Plan
“I think history has been made,” said San Juan County Commissioner Scott Fetchenhier of the action spurred by the Gold King Mine blowout.

By Grace Hood

Nearly 50 Abandoned Mines To Be Part Of Silverton Superfund Application
The current plan would keep land tracts near clean-up mines out of the Superfund site, which is important to private land owners.

By Grace Hood

Colorado Coal Production Tumbles To 23-Year Low
Coal production in Colorado fell 18 percent last year, according to state data released this week.

By Grace Hood

Silverton Schedules Superfund Vote for Monday
The move comes more than six months after the Environmental Protection Agency triggered a spill at the Gold King Mine.

By Grace Hood

Bill To Help Small Towns Reduce Population Loss Moves Through Senate
The bill would make $2 million available every year to rural towns or counties that see sudden economic shocks.

By Grace Hood

EPA Official Says He ‘Personally Knew’ The Gold King Mine’s Potential Dangers
An EPA cleanup crew accidentally triggered the 3-million-gallon spill last August.

By Grace Hood