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23,000 gallons of gasoline spilled into their yard; now, this Durango couple can’t go home

A pipeline burst in La Plata County in December, contaminating several wells

DATE: Feb 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bloomfield residents question B8D about fracking-sand operation

3-hour session becomes emotional as residents demand answers

DATE: Dec 23, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Investigators haven’t found a motive for falsified environmental data filed at hundreds of Colorado oil and gas sites

Colorado regulators haven’t found a clear motive or pattern to explain why two environmental consulting firms allegedly falsified soil and water quality results on behalf of the state’s larg...

DATE: Dec 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

What happens when a natural gas company doesn’t pay a $12 million La Plata County tax bill?

Simcoe LLC has outstanding debt of $9.2 million

DATE: Aug 31, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado awarded $12.6 million federal grant to plug methane-emitting oil and gas wells

The U.S. Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency are giving a $12.6 million boost to Colorado’s efforts to reduce methane emissions by plugging older, low-producing oil ...

DATE: Aug 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

In this tiny New Mexico town, the air quality is worse than in downtown L.A.

The data is clear: The village of Loving in the Permian Basin has been hit hard by waves of pollutants from Big Oil, yet the EPA hasn’t acted to force a cleanup

DATE: Aug 23, 2024 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Southern Utes take federal regulatory authority of minor air pollution sources

Tribe is first in the nation to do so, EPA official says

DATE: Jul 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Oil production rebounds in Colorado, drillers optimistic

It’s been a wild ride for Colorado’s oil drillers. Before the pandemic, they celebrated record-breaking oil production in Colorado. Then the industry was hit hard by the global shutdown, as ...

DATE: Jul 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Groups sue over Bureau of Land Management leasing rule

Plaintiffs argue the rule, which would raise royalties, could put small oil and gas producers out of business

DATE: May 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

The cost of gas is about to spike in Colorado. How high will it go?

The EPA is forcing Colorado to switch to reformulated gas as ground-level ozone hits ‘severe’

DATE: May 21, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado environmental groups threaten to sue EPA for failing to crack down on oil and gas permits

Notice of suit says federal agency should act after state regulators missed deadline

DATE: May 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘How do you approve an underground toxic waste dump without telling nobody?’

Case highlights the sometimes antiquated laws and overlapping jurisdictions that govern oil and gas production in New Mexico

DATE: May 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: New Mexico