Oil & Gas

August 24, 2020

Community and Conservation Organizations Weigh in on Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Mission Change Rulemaking

Today, as the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) kicks off their historic mission change rulemaking, Conservation Colorado, the League of Oil and Gas Impacted […]
August 19, 2020
Another Court Victory!

Denver Court dismisses Garfield County lawsuit to overturn clean air rules

Denver District Court Judge Martin Foster Egelhoff today granted a motion by the state of Colorado to dismiss a lawsuit by Garfield County and a coalition […]
July 30, 2020

Conservation, community groups hail ruling that protects clean air rules

Seven conservation and community groups with tens of thousands of members across Colorado hailed a court ruling yesterday dismissing a case by Weld County as a […]
July 24, 2020

Western Colorado Alliance supports effort to keep oil and gas initiatives off November ballot

DENVER — Today, Governor Jared Polis announced an agreement between environmental groups and the oil and gas industry to end the Colorado oil and gas ballot wars in 2020 […]
June 11, 2020

Citizen and conservation groups applaud groundwater victory

This afternoon, Colorado passed a landmark set of rules that will help protect Coloradans from irresponsible oil and gas development. The rules, adopted by the Colorado […]
May 29, 2020

Conservation groups move to defend air quality protections

Seven conservation groups with thousands of members across Colorado have jointly filed motions to intervene in two lawsuits that are challenging recently adopted air quality protections […]
April 30, 2020

Western Slope residents and elected officials to COGCC: Keep rulemaking!

Western Slope residents joined with 63 local elected officials from across the state today to urge the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to continue its […]
April 27, 2020

Tell Oil and Gas Commission we need strong protections NOW!

This Wednesday, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) is meeting to decide how and when to proceed with a critical decision-making process for new […]
March 20, 2020

Tell the COGCC: We care about groundwater protection!

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) is right now addressing a specific subset of these issues caused by wellbore integrity. SB181, last year’s groundbreaking […]