Apr 10, 2013
About two weeks ago an amendment came up for debate in the Colorado Legislature that received virtually no press coverage, but which has enormous ramifications for the wider energy debate in Colorado. Boulder County Democrat Senator Matt Jones proposed banning the...
Apr 2, 2013
OUR VIEW: Governor Hickenlooper has lost his base and his moderate trump card. Who will stand with Hickenlooper? At this point, that is as hard to figure out as where Hickenlooper himself stands with every issue in the headlines. Something interesting is happening at...
Mar 21, 2013
On Monday, House Democrats continued to roll out their package of oil and gas regulations with three new bills (and countless unintended consequences) – HB13-1267, HB13-1268, and HB13-1269. Here’s a quick primer on what each would do: HB1267: Requires...
Mar 11, 2013
While the majority of the the news coming from the Capitol has focused on the Democrat-sponsored gun control package, Democrats quietly will roll out a job-killing and pointless fracking regulation package this week, according to the Denver Business Journal. As...
Jan 16, 2013
In case readers thought that environmentalists who opposed fracking (despite scientific evidence that should assuage their concerns) were just harmless idiots, think again. Those supposed do-gooders may be compromising Colorado’s energy economy. According to a...